Few people in recycling carry as much institutional memory as Jerry Powell. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he came up through hands-on operations before realizing the industry’s biggest need was trustworthy information and connection. He went on to found Resource Recycling, Inc., the company behind Resource Recycling, Plastics Recycling Update and E-Scrap News.
A former U.S. e-scrap executive pleads not guilty to federal charges related to business practices, and an infamous scrap site in Ghana grabs more headlines.
Uncertainty emerges in the project to recycle gold, silver and copper from electronics into Olympic medals, and sustainability will be discussed during a panel at CES.
A local government grows concerned about financing e-scrap collection without state grants, and a for-profit business, non-profit group and city partner on e-scrap recycling in Arizona.
A state program collects less weight than it did a year ago, and more than a dozen mobile phones are now listed as EPEAT silver or gold.
A modular phone maker receives significant new capital, and an investment manager advises shareholders to push companies away from exporting e-scrap.
A firm releases a list of common problems auditors come across in e-scrap processing facilities, and Apple boosts its repair prices.
A new phone gets a rock-bottom score when it comes to repairability, and a Kansas program finds a creative way to reuse scrap electronic components.
Cracked mobile device screens may be able to fix themselves in the future, and two groups will hold a workshop discussing violations of extended producer responsibility laws by online e-commerce sites.
Mac fans complain that Apple receives unfair scrutiny, and the global e-scrap market is positioned to rise during the next decade.