Pulsed electricity has proven a powerful tool in separating e-scrap into clean material streams, according to recent findings from a Japanese university.
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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].Pulsed electricity has proven a powerful tool in separating e-scrap into clean material streams, according to recent findings from a Japanese university.
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International says nearly 500 comments were submitted on the draft update to the R2 certification standard.
Facing a shaky long-term outlook for plastic exports, Sims Recycling Solutions has invested in plastics cleanup systems in the U.S. and the Netherlands.
For two years, media outlets around the globe have covered China’s National Sword recyclables import restrictions. Now, China is threatening to wield its trade sword for a different purpose: cutting off rare earth exports to the U.S.
North Carolina capitol building in Raleigh.
Lawmakers in North Carolina are again advancing a bill that would eliminate restrictions on disposing TVs and computer equipment.
Material inside the facility formerly operated by eWaste Recycling Solutions in Lewiston, Maine.
Processor eWaste Recycling Solutions, which handled a sizable portion of Maine’s regulated material, has closed. Over 1 million pounds of leaded CRT glass and a substantial stock of intact devices remain at its former site.
Lima, Peru
Ingram Micro has opened its fourth new ITAD facility of 2019, this time in Peru’s capital city.
European Union leaders appear to have settled on a limit for trace amounts of flame retardants in recycled plastics. A reclaimer called the limit “workable,” but activists say it’s not nearly restrictive enough.
Projects exploring strategies to recover key materials from end-of-life electronics have received funding from the REMADE Institute.
A device buy-back company has installed self-service stations at more than a dozen New York City locations.