Stone Castle Recycling, which has been mired in an ongoing back-and-forth with Utah state regulators, recently experienced its second fire of the year.
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Stone Castle Recycling, which has been mired in an ongoing back-and-forth with Utah state regulators, recently experienced its second fire of the year.
The EPEAT sustainable electronics program now includes mobile phones, providing assurance to buyers that the qualifying devices meet certain standards for end-of-life management.
Global e-commerce site eBay is honoring a California woman who immigrated from Colombia with nothing more than a suitcase and later co-founded a successful e-scrap company.
An initiative funded by the federal government could help solve a key materials recovery issue in e-scrap.
Last month, E-Scrap News readers were drawn to stories about changes at CRT downstream outlets and advancing program reform legislation in Illinois.
The group that administers the R2 certification has published advice to help certified companies comply with the electronics recycling standard’s requirements.
A bill replacing Pennsylvania’s electronics recycling program has stalled until at least this fall, and a couple of e-scrap recycling efforts include a charitable bent.
A1 Shredding & Recycling of Marietta, Ga.; Absolute Data Shredding of Norman, Okla.; American Data Security of Oak Park, Mich.; Back Thru The Future Computer Recycling of Franklin, N.J.; Goodwill Data SHIELD of Greendale, Wisc.; Northeast Record Retention of Hooksett, N.H.; RDV Systems of Sendai, Miyagi, Japan; and Shred 360 of Irmo, S.C. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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A proposal to cut the U.S. EPA’s budget by $528 million has cleared a U.S. House of Representatives committee, paving the way for a floor vote on the program-specific funding allocation.
Info Dog Security of Spencer, Iowa has either achieved its NAID certification for physical destruction of hard drives.
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