Authorities raided an electronics repair company in Texas last week, arresting and detaining nearly 300 employees for suspected immigration violations.
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Authorities raided an electronics repair company in Texas last week, arresting and detaining nearly 300 employees for suspected immigration violations.
Companies that sent tens of millions of pounds of CRT materials to Closed Loop Refining and Recovery are publicly responding to lawsuits naming them as defendants.
Chinese officials doubled down on plans to ban virtually all recovered material imports by the end of the year, despite opposition from U.S. interests.
The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island will expand the list of devices covered by its extended producer responsibility law.
A federal agency is exploring OEM impediments to the repair of electronics. Meanwhile, the New York Times editorial board came out in favor of right-to-repair laws.
With an eye toward demonstrating the variety and amount of metals available from e-scrap, geologists at an English university used a household blender to take a look inside a mobile device.
All Points Mobile Shredding of Stuart, Fla.; Avritek of San Diego; Greenway Shredding & Recycling of Louisville, Ky.; Legal Shred NY of Deer Park, N.Y.; Royal Document Destruction of Gahanna, Ohio; Shredway of Fairbanks, Alaska; The DocuTeam of San Luis Obispo, Calif.; and Winters Bros Waste Systems of West Babylon, N.Y. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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A proposed update to the R2 standard has been crafted with an eye toward emphasizing reuse, boosting data protection requirements and improving device testing and repair, according to Sustainable Electronics Recycling International.
A major development in a CRT lawsuit drew our readers’ clicks last month, along with a host of stories about various business openings and closings.
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Apple is developing a framework that would bring the company in line with right-to-repair principles, according to a Vice News report that cited internal company documents.