Category: Industry Announcements

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News from Cyclic Materials, Ecobat and more

Published: May 29, 2025
Updated: May 29, 2025
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News from Electronic Products Recycling Association, Iron Mountain and more

Published: May 21, 2025
Updated: May 21, 2025
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News from Ascend Elements, Blancco Technology Group and more

Published: May 14, 2025
Updated: May 15, 2025
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News from Commercial Solar Panel Recycling, EPC and more

Published: May 7, 2025
Updated: May 7, 2025
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News from Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub, Free Geek and more

Published: April 30, 2025
Updated: April 30, 2025
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News from CNET, EG America and more

Published: April 24, 2025
Updated: April 24, 2025
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News from Advanced Technology Recycling, MTM Critical Metals and more

Published: April 16, 2025
Updated: April 16, 2025
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News from American Battery Technology Company, Ecobat and more

Published: April 9, 2025
Updated: April 9, 2025
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News from Call2Recycle Canada, National Stewardship Action Council and more

Published: April 2, 2025
Updated: April 2, 2025
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News from Alta Resource Technologies, IPC and more

Published: March 19, 2025
Updated: March 19, 2025
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The latest e-scrap industry news

Dynamic, Bloom launch first e-scrap carbon inset registry
European advisory firm Bloom ESG has launched the first carbon inset registry specific to the ITAD and e-scrap sectors, in partnership with Wisconsin-based Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations.
Bill would create critical minerals task force
A federal lawmaker has introduced the “Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act,” seeking to diminish U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals via domestic mining, recycling and finding other trade partners.
Illegal e-scrap imports blocked in Malaysia, Thailand
Officials in Malaysia and Thailand seized containers with hundreds of tons of e-scrap illegally imported from the United States earlier this month after tips from the U.S. nonprofit Basel Action Network.
CRT volumes decline, but end is not yet in sight
Cathode ray tube devices, long the major headache material for the electronics recycling industry, continue to make up less and less of the end-of-life stream, but they’re nowhere near gone completely, based on state program data and interviews with e-scrap processors.
Right to repair in WA and battery EPR in Nebraska
Governors in Washington and Nebraska signed e-scrap bills into law recently, giving Washingtonians the right to repair their consumer electronics and Nebraskans an extended producer responsibility program for batteries.
Right-to-repair initiative in military gains momentum
As part of a broader initiative to increase efficiency, the U.S. secretary of defense has called for the Army to include the right to repair products in its procurement contracts, adding support to previous congressional efforts.
Federal e-scrap export restriction bill introduced again
A federal bill that would restrict U.S. exports of e-scrap has re-emerged, this time as HB 2998.