John Lingelbach will be leaving his post at the helm of Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI) and the R2 certification program later this year.
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John Lingelbach will be leaving his post at the helm of Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI) and the R2 certification program later this year.
Federal researchers have examined an electricity-based processing method that could open doors to more cost-effective and environmentally friendly methods of metals recovery from electronics.
A smelter owned by metals company Boliden processed 77,000 metric tons of scrap electronics last year, down 6 percent from the year before, according to recently released data.
Gay Gordon-Byrne
In February, a newly minted trade association calling themselves the Security Innovation Council (SIC) put out a study about consumer fears over cyber security risk and their perceptions of repair-related risk. Continue Reading
Right-to-repair legislation has shown up in many state legislatures this year. California is set to be next.
A new Canadian e-plastics processor, CRT troubles, a processor lawsuit and Basel Action Network’s export-tracking project drew readers’ interest last month.
European coalitions representing electronics manufacturers have launched an internet-based information service designed to help processors better recycle devices.
A Singapore leader says the small Southeast Asian country will implement extended producer responsibility for electronics by 2021.
Document Security Services (Div of ORS, Inc.) of Durham, N.C.; Ohio Mobile Shredding of Columbus, Ohio and Shred Monster of Columbus, Neb. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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The European Union will provide funding to help formalize e-scrap recycling in a West African country that has been at the center of heated material export debates.