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About Marissa Heffernan

Marissa HeffernanMarissa Heffernan started working for Resource Recycling in January 2022 after spending several years as a reporter at a daily newspaper in Southwest Washington. She can be contacted at [email protected].

Panelists: Battery rules should be proactive, not reactive

Published: October 24, 2024
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Rob Lawson-Shanks, CEO and co-founder of Molg spoke about battery legislation at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference, joined by Leo Raudys, president and CEO of Call2Recycle; Jeff Farano, manager of compliance and governmental relations for SA Recycling; and Jeff Gloyd, founder of Gloyd Recycling Solutions. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling

Legislative action on batteries is speeding up, but some of those laws are missing their marks and creating a regulatory environment that is difficult to recycle in, panelists said at the recent E-Scrap Conference in Orlando. Continue Reading

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Recycling trade platform adding e-scrap

Published: October 24, 2024
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Rebound members can now trade more recycled materials on the platform, including plastics, metal, glass, OCC and e-scrap. | New Africa/Shutterstock

After starting in plastics, an online recycled material trading platform is expanding into glass, metal, rubber, OCC and paper and will soon add e-scrap.  Continue Reading

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SK Tes: Sustainability reporting here to stay

Published: October 17, 2024
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The new Carbon Loop Report from SK Tes is built to give OEMs granular details about the emissions avoided – and created – during the ITAD process. | Lorez/Shutterstock

Gone are the days where the amount of e-scrap processed was reported to OEMs in terms of weight in elephants or the number of times it could circle the globe. For SK Tes, the future is third-party verified reporting that factors in energy use, recycling rates and disposition channels to produce Scope 3 avoided emissions data.  Continue Reading

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Arizona ITAD company shares 2023 reuse numbers

Published: October 10, 2024
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In 2023, of the more than 275,000 assets DMD Systems Recovery processed, slightly more than 100,000 were reused. | Maximumm/Shutterstock

Arizona-based ITAD company DMD Systems Recovery shared recycling and reuse data in its 2023 impact report, and updated its carbon-neutral goals. 

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Carbon insets can boost ITAD profits

Published: September 30, 2024
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Carbon insets, tradable certificates that can be sold back to companies sending e-scrap for processing, could provide up to $100 of additional revenue per ton for ITAD and e-scrap companies. | Mulad Images/Shutterstock

ITADs will soon be able to claim an extra $11 to $100 worth of revenue per ton of e-scrap by selling carbon insets, global advisory firm Bloom ESG predicted in its latest white paper. Continue Reading

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Aurubis starts up Georgia smelter

Published: September 30, 2024
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Aurubis’ latest facility has the capacity to process over 180,000 tons of complex recycling materials annually, including circuit boards and copper cables. | Courtesy of Arubis

German company Aurubis has brought its multi-metal recycling facility in Georgia online after two years of work.  Continue Reading

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Fire at nonprofit Free Geek prompts community support

Published: September 30, 2024
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A Sept. 14 fire forced Oregon reuse and recycling nonprofit Free Geek to shut its doors, but community support helped the organization get back up and running. | Courtesy of Free Geek

After a devastating fire at Portland, Oregon-based Free Geek in mid-September, a community outpouring of support has the nonprofit close to its fundraising goal for recovery.  Continue Reading

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California seeks input on embedded batteries

Published: September 26, 2024
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SB 1215, which was enacted in 2022, expands California’s decades-old e-scrap recycling program to include battery-embedded products. | Jittawit21/Shutterstock

The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is working through rulemaking on SB 1215, which adds items with embedded batteries to the state’s existing e-scrap recycling program.  Continue Reading

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British Columbians worked together to recycle more

Published: September 19, 2024
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The Stewardship Agencies of BC is a coalition of extended producer responsibility organizations, including Call2Recycle Canada, Return-It, the Electronic Products Recycling Association, Recycle BC and others. | MAXSHOT.PL/Shutterstock

The Stewardship Agencies of British Columbia worked together to divert a record 425 million kilograms of end-of-life products from landfills in 2023, and leaders pointed to factors including the efficiency and education that collaboration brings.  Continue Reading

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Apple expands activation locks to phone parts

Published: September 19, 2024
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Apple’s iOS 18 update will expand its “Activation Lock” to include individual high-value parts, including batteries and displays. | Attila Fodemesi/Shutterstock

Apple’s latest operating system update will expand a feature unpopular with reuse and repair advocates to not just cover the phone as a whole but also individual parts.  Continue Reading

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