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A lot of British households are watching the World Cup on brand new TV sets, which means a robotic disassembly system has been working overtime to recycle their old ones.
Apple has been penalized by the Australian government for attempting to mislead consumers on whether device warranties are still effective once the device has been serviced by a non-Apple-authorized repair entity.
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The Basel Action Network has launched a commercial tracking service to monitor e-scrap flows, and its first customer is an OEM that was lambasted by the watchdog group over exports two years ago.
Embassy Records Management and Storage of College Station, Texas; E-Recycling Solutions dba South Eastern Data of Orlando, Fla.; InfoShield of Englewood, N.J. and Valley Green Shredding of Westfield, Mass. have achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS) has achieved R2:2013 certification for its Ballito, South Africa site, making it the first R2-certified facility in the country.
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Sims Recycling Solutions has installed two new sorting lines at its large processing facility in the Dutch city of Eindhoven.
Thai authorities are cracking down on e-scrap imports after government inspections showed frequent abuse of import licenses.
An emerging retail sales outlet for refurbished phones, tablets and laptops has raised $48 million to help it expand.
Many developments related to the Chinese recycling import market have taken place in recent weeks. The following is a look at key updates related to scrap materials, including from electronics.
A sample of products containing bromine, as found by researchers.
A researcher has found black e-plastics are being recycled into a variety of household applications, despite still containing additives that he says could be hazardous.