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Chinese authorities say the country will prohibit some grades of recovered plastic and other materials from being imported by the end of 2017. Although the announcement doesn’t list e-scrap materials specifically, one trade group anticipates more materials will be restricted in the future.
Worldwide shipments of PCs continued a nearly three-year consistent decline during the past year, industry analysts reported this month.
A Pennsylvania newspaper calls for changes to the state’s electronics EPR law, and the Consumer Technology Association offers updated data on the shifting device stream.
The illegal collection of e-scrap has resulted in fines for companies and individuals operating at two sites in Hong Kong’s New Territories area.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner will soon have to decide whether to sign off on two bills that would substantially transform the state’s e-scrap program.
Apex Shredding of Berthoud, Colo.; Gone for Good of Birmingham, Ala. and SecureDocs of Minneapolis have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Also, DMD Systems Recovery of Tempe, Ariz. and Li Tong Group of Fo Tan, Hong Kong have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for computer hard drive sanitization as well as physical destruction of hard drives.
PowerOn Services, doing business as Reuse, Inc., of Roseville, Calif. has achieved ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, OHSAS 18001:2007 and R2:2013 certification.
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Most people agree electronics should be recycled rather than thrown away, but consensus quickly evaporates when discussing how the costs should be paid.
A United Nations-backed study on global e-scrap generation and recovery suggests the U.S. recycling rate for end-of-life electronics and appliances sits at about 15 percent. An analysis of the method used to arrive at that figure, however, raises questions about its accuracy. Continue Reading
A team of academics has taken issue with a number of key statements on e-scrap exports and generation recently made by the United Nations Environment Programme. Continue Reading
A branch of the European Union is calling on stakeholders to improve the repairability of electronics and ferret out devices designed to have short lifespans.
