A bill making changes to Maine’s electronics recycling framework became law after the legislature overrode the governor’s veto.
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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.
A computer tower with a tracking device provided by the Green Tracking Service (device at lower right).
A U.S. company has begun providing an e-scrap tracking service so processors and OEMs can see where their downstream vendors are sending devices. One processor is already regularly using the service.
Beckley’s of Rochester, Minn., Kent Record Management or Norton Shores, Mich.; Shred-It USA of Marquette, Mich.; and Shred Monster of Columbus, Neb. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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