Two government initiatives looking to energize the lithium-ion battery recycling sector have officially launched, offering prize money to recycling entrepreneurs and a dedicated laboratory to house research projects.
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Two government initiatives looking to energize the lithium-ion battery recycling sector have officially launched, offering prize money to recycling entrepreneurs and a dedicated laboratory to house research projects.
Revenue and earnings for global e-scrap processor Sims Recycling Solutions dropped in the second half of 2018 compared with the same period a year earlier.
EPC has opened a large processing site in Atlanta, improving its reach into the Southeastern U.S. market.
A longtime Kansas City nonprofit e-scrap operation has temporarily closed its doors, noting that financial pressure from changes in global recycling markets played into the decision.
Despite trying economic times for much of the industry, Missouri-based EPC has found success by sticking with its specialty: refurbing and remarketing used IT equipment.
Part of URT’s CRT glass processing system in Janesville, Wis.
One of the country’s largest e-scrap companies is recycling CRT glass into a marketable product that could reduce the processor’s dependence on erratic downstream markets for leaded material.
Corporate Destruction Solutions of Peabody, Mass.; File Shred of Glastonbury, Conn.; Gilmore Services of Pensacola, Fla. and Sims Recycling Solutions of LaVergne, Tenn. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Also, The Insley Organization dba Quick Ship Brands of Woodinville, Wash. has renewed its NAID certifications for hard drive sanitization as well as physical destruction of hard drives.
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Global economic conditions have helped push up the scrap value of principal metals used in electronics.
Electronics repair-related bills have been introduced in legislatures across the country, but it’s still too early to know where – or if – they’ll gain traction.
ITAD firm Re-Teck opened its first Dutch location this week, a facility that the company says will bolster its European market reach.