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A wide range of electronic devices have been recently added to EPR programs in Newfoundland & Labrador and Prince Edward Island. | BluIz60 / Shutterstock
A host of additional device types have been added to the electronics recycling programs in two of Canada’s Atlantic provinces.
Homeboy Electronics Recycling in Los Angeles is one of many industry companies that’s struggled to fill staff positions. | Courtesy of Homeboy Electronics Recycling
After COVID-19 struck, Integrated Recycling Technologies (IRT) found itself entering an unexpected business: daycare.
Grover offers a wide range of devices available for lease by consumers, including computers, smartphones, drones, gaming devices, and many more. | Micolas / Shutterstock
Grover, a European company that provides subscription access to consumer technology, recently secured massive investment capital, underscoring wider interest in a model that maximizes device life span and facilitates end-of-life recycling.
E-scrap processor Sunnking is offering a live view of its Brockport, N.Y. shredding operations. | Courtesy of Sunnking
Sunnking’s latest transparency effort brings a whole new meaning to “recycling stream.”
URT has installed equipment nationwide to processes glass from CRTs into powders used to make frit, which is an ingredient used in compounding enamels and ceramic glazes. | Courtesy of URT.
After a roughly $1.2 million investment, Universal Recycling Technologies is currently processing 100% of the leaded CRT glass it handles into a feedstock for ceramic tiles.
Homeboy is consolidating two facilities into a leased 30,000-square-foot location in Commerce, Calif. | Courtesy of Homeboy.
An expansion project at Homeboy Electronics Recycling will allow the Los Angeles-area processor to substantially boost its ITAD and device reuse activity.