A cable services provider is the latest company to sign a multi-million-dollar agreement to settle allegations of improper e-scrap disposal in California.
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].A cable services provider is the latest company to sign a multi-million-dollar agreement to settle allegations of improper e-scrap disposal in California.
The national recycling rate for consumer electronics has fallen 2 percentage points, according to U.S. EPA estimates.
Important assets from shuttered e-scrap company ECS Refining were snapped up by Dynamic Recycling, which emerged victorious in a courtroom bidding war last week.
Last week, viewers around the globe got an unexpected peek at how Apple instructs company technicians to dismantle mobile devices. The 11 recordings have since been pulled from public view.
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Bathroom doors, a water cooler handle, a refrigerator – their surfaces carried lead, cadmium and other hazardous metals, according to studies at two e-scrap facilities.
The Basel Action Network is pushing Hong Kong authorities to take action against a multinational company that has been accused of e-scrap import violations.
Material at the Mesquite, Texas ECS Refining facility. E-Scrap News file photo.
E-scrap processor Dynamic Recycling has signed a deal to buy assets from bankrupt company ECS Refining. Meanwhile, environmental and cost complications are popping up around facility cleanup efforts.
Workers at the Mesquite, Texas ECS Refining facility. E-Scrap News file photo.
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A national e-scrap processor that previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy will see its assets sold and over 300 jobs terminated under a plan recently approved by a federal judge.
A nationwide processor will use tracking devices to monitor the downstream movement of its scrap electronics.
A project in Europe seeks to scale up a new technique for recovering metals from printed circuit boards and other electronic components.