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].
As COVID-era supply chain squeezes begin to loosen up, Cascade finds itself wrestling with diminishing prices for its refurbished devices. | Elnur/Shutterstock
Cascade Asset Management found that selling used electronics through e-commerce marketplaces brought substantially more revenue growth than selling to wholesalers last year. The ITAD company still joined many others in suffering an overall drop in prices. Continue Reading
A representative from SERI, the body that maintains the R2 standard, estimates that 82 facilities are still certified to the old R2:2013 standard. | Tashatuvango/Shutterstock
With the date to transition to the R2v3 certification standard one week away, stakeholders estimate dozens of electronics recycling and reuse facilities may temporarily lose their R2 certifications. The lapse could mean serious business consequences for companies. Continue Reading
Pinellas County, Fla. officials said residents have disposed of more e-scrap through their regular garbage than the household hazardous waste program. | Mameraman/Shutterstock
Two municipalities in Florida have sidestepped sending household e-scrap to their contracted processor for recycling and are instead hauling material to a waste-to-energy plant. Continue Reading
The company recovered 650,000 electronic components for resale or reuse in 2022. | Mameraman/Shutterstock
ERI processed slightly fewer total pounds of electronics last year, but the weight of devices it diverted for reuse increased, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. Continue Reading
Complete Recycling Solutions will continue to be led by its co-founder and CEO, Keith Boyea. | Gonzo/Shutterstock
Massachusetts e-scrap processor Complete Recycling Solutions has been acquired by TerraCycle US, a company that specializes in collection of regulated waste and other scrap streams. Continue Reading
The acquisition of Colt Recycling will give global metals recycling company Elemental Holding Group its first consumer electronics recycling- and reuse-focused operations in North America. | Courtesy of Colt Recycling
Global metals recycling company Elemental reached a deal to acquire e-scrap recycling and ITAD company Colt Recycling. The agreement came shortly after Colt doubled its e-scrap recycling capacity in the eastern U.S. Continue Reading
The 10,750-foot Atlanta space will help PCs for People expand its footprint in the South. | Courtesy of PCs for People
Nationwide nonprofit ITAD company PCs for People has opened an Atlanta processing facility, and it now has its sights set on Philadelphia. Continue Reading
IC Recovery uses a heated oil to loosen chips from circuit boards without damaging the chips. This photo shows a circuit board with the chips removed. | Courtesy of IC Recovery
Over a decade ago, Greene Lyon Group first developed a thermofluid process for removing chips from circuit boards so the chips could be reused. “That was back in 2012; there was no chip shortage,” said Dale Johnson, CEO of Greene Lyon Group.
A plane takes off from Nome, Alaska with an e-scrap shipment on board as ballast. | Courtesy of Alaska Air Cargo
With a tiny population, no road access and over 500 air miles to the nearest medium-sized city, Nome, Alaska faces a multitude of e-scrap collection barriers. But a tribal nonprofit and an airline have overcome the conundrum with a weighty solution.
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CRTs move along a GreenChip conveyor. | Courtesy of GreenChip
Several million dollars worth of equipment upgrades at GreenChip over the past year-plus have included a bolstered operation for processing CRT glass, the company’s managing partner said. Continue Reading