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].
Sims Recycling Solutions reported tighter profit margins at its continental Europe facilities earlier this year and in 2018. | Aleksandr Grechanyuk/Shutterstock
In a deal worth tens of millions of dollars, Sims Recycling Solutions agreed to sell its European operations oriented toward recycling consumers’ electronics. Sims will retain its ITAD business there.
UNICOR is not admitting any wrongdoing or liability by agreeing to the settlement. | corgarashu/Shutterstock
Federal Prison Industries agreed to pay nearly $650,000 to settle allegations the organization is liable to help clean up CRT glass it shipped to Closed Loop Refining and Recovery.
Several significant announcements have come from Clover Technologies Group in recent weeks. | matkub2499/Shutterstock
Clover Technologies Group will sell its used printer cartridge remanufacturing business before filing for bankruptcy to restructure its debt.
A total of 18 defendants have agreed to settle to date. | Chodyra Mike/Shutterstock
The field of companies fighting Closed Loop Refining and Recovery’s former Ohio landlords continues to decrease, after three more defendants agreed to settle.
Low unemployment rates are making it hard for recycling companies to find and keep reliable employees for entry-level jobs. | tadamichi/Shutterstock
This story has been updated.
An initiative launched by e-Stewards will give 10 certified processors the training and support they need to successfully employ a workforce of developmentally disabled adults.
The Nerivio uses electrical neuromodulation to provide pain relief for migraine sufferers.
California Electronic Asset Recovery has established a mail-in recycling program with an Israeli medical device manufacturer. A CEAR manager highlighted the potential of direct dealings with OEMs.
Staff at KC Recycling in Trail, B.C. | Courtesy of KC Recycling.
KC Recycling, which prepares CRT glass for Teck’s lead smelter in British Columbia, is doubling its glass-processing capacity. The move is in response to Glencore closing its New Brunswick smelter.
Michael Collins, CEO of eCycle Solutions
One of Canada’s largest commodities-focused processors, eCycle Solutions, says a recent business acquisition will allow it to quickly expand ITAD services across the country.
The U.S. recycling rate for consumer electronics has been trending downward since 2014.
The U.S. recycling rate for consumer electronics took a dive in 2016 and flatlined the following year, according to the U.S. EPA.
A view of Glencore’s smelter in Belledune, New Brunswick. | Google Street View
Glencore is permanently closing its New Brunswick lead smelter, which consumes millions of pounds of CRT glass each year.