It’s been 15 years since California’s e-scrap program was launched, and those years have brought significant changes to the end-of-life device stream. Now, administrators of the country’s first state program have adopted a vision for the future.
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It’s been 15 years since California’s e-scrap program was launched, and those years have brought significant changes to the end-of-life device stream. Now, administrators of the country’s first state program have adopted a vision for the future.
Missouri regulators plan to delete nearly all regulations under the state’s electronics recycling program, but on-the-ground impacts may be limited.
A bill making changes to Maine’s electronics recycling framework became law after the legislature overrode the governor’s veto.
A company that has developed a bio-metallurgical recovery process for e-scrap is seeking investors to help the business scale up its operations, after reporting successful tests of the process.
A $25,000 grant will help a Nebraska processor achieve R2 certification, part of a larger effort to boost e-scrap recycling capacity in the Cornhusker State.
California regulators are accusing e-scrap processor Metech Recycling of violating hazardous waste management laws. In separate news, the state recently settled a lamp recycling case with AERC Recycling Solutions, which also handles scrap electronics.
Researchers have compiled data on the global generation of used and end-of-life electronics, with an eye toward determining what the future e-scrap landscape will look like.
China supplies components for a lot of equipment used in the U.S. recycling industry, meaning tariffs on Chinese imports would be felt across many recycling sectors, according to an industry association.
A Feb. 2, 2018 drone view of a site dubbed “dioxin factory,” where imported e-scrap is processed and circuit boards and wires are burned in a smelter.
A police raid at a massive e-scrap facility in Thailand prompted Seattle-based Basel Action Network to release results of its own investigations in the Southeast Asian country.
With the U.S. e-scrap industry continuing to rely on the export market, companies are not only contending with domestic laws and certification requirements – they’re navigating a wide range of complex and unique international laws as well.