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About Jared Paben

Jared Paben Associate Editor Jared Paben has worked for Resource Recycling since December 2014. Most of his earlier career was spent as a reporter for the daily newspaper in Bellingham, Wash., but he also has experience working for the Oregon volunteerism commission and for Oregon nonprofits serving low-income populations. He can be contacted at [email protected].

Nation’s capital considers tweaks to its EPR program

Published: October 19, 2022
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Sign for the Government of the District of Columbia

The bill would expand OEMs’ requirements for providing public outreach and awareness, change deadlines for manufacturers to submit stewardship registration applications, and more. | DCStockPhotography/Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. leaders next week will hold a hearing on legislation making various changes to the district’s extended producer responsibility program for electronics.

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Processor launches Southeast US footprint expansion

Published: September 19, 2022
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ATR facility exterior in Florida.

ATR is scheduled to close on its purchase and take possession of a 38,000-square-foot building on nearly 13 acres in Pensacola, Fla. on Friday, Sept. 23. | Courtesy of Google street view

ATR will open an electronics refurbishing and resale facility in Pensacola, Fla., move its Midwest headquarters to the building and then construct a separate ITAD facility on the property. 

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Morgan Stanley pays millions more in wake of ITAD mishaps

Published: October 12, 2022
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Morgan Stanley company sign on building in Texas.

The financial costs from Morgan Stanley’s ITAD project mismanagement have grown to over $163 million. | JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock

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Morgan Stanley’s years of IT asset disposition errors have cost the banking giant over $163 million, according to an updated E-Scrap News tally. New details on the data loss incidents have also recently come to light.

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Pollution issues threaten Glencore smelter in Canada

Published: October 12, 2022
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Glencore's Horne smelter aerial view.

Glencore’s Horne smelter is facing public concerns over air pollution. | Courtesy of Glencore

The top government official in Quebec suggested public concerns over air pollution could lead the province to close Glencore’s Horne smelting site, a key downstream for North America’s e-scrap.

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Research firm: Global computer sales decline by about one-fifth

Published: October 12, 2022
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Dell computer boxes with desktop computers inside.

Gartner tallied 68 million computers were shipped globally for sale in the third quarter, which marked the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines. | KenSoftTH/Shutterstock

Worldwide shipments of PCs in the third quarter were down by nearly 20% year over year, according to a Gartner analysis, the steepest decline in decades.

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OEM, processor agree to settle in CRT case

Published: October 5, 2022
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Court gavel on desk with books in background.

Sony and EWASTE+ join a group of companies that have settled in court regarding CRT cleanup costs in the Closed Loop case. | Aerial Mike/Shutterstock

Sony Electronics and EWASTE+ agreed to pay a combined $2.4 million to end their years-long entanglement in a lawsuit over CRT materials abandoned in Ohio.

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Processor to track inventory via AI-powered vision system

Published: October 5, 2022
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The IntelSight X system from Neatco Engineering Services.

The IntelSight X system can help electronics and reuse companies reduce labor needs in inventory management. | Courtesy of Neatco Engineering Services

An Ontario tech firm has developed an artificial intelligence-driven system that a Canadian electronics recycling and reuse company will use to identify and catalog incoming devices, the system developers said.

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