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Regulators in a Midwest state say the fundamental elements of its producer responsibility law remain sound, but industry-wide challenges are straining the program. In an annual report, Wisconsin state officials quantify these challenges and offer some potential fixes.
Changes at Kuusakoski Recycling, a lithium-ion battery recycling endeavor and an LCD processing technology were among readers’ favorite articles last month.
A Colorado-based nonprofit electronics recycling organization is working to spread its operational model around the country, and it recently received a grant to help.
Embassy Records Management and Storage of College Station, Texas; InfoShield of Englewood, N.J.; Shred Defense of Richmond, Calif. and Shred-N-Go of Edina, Minn. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Tax reform legislation moving through Congress could help electronics recycling companies deduct equipment expenditures.
Tax reform bills approved by the U.S. House and Senate include sweeping cuts to business taxes, and recycling industry associations are applauding the business-friendly measures.
Nearly 720 facilities worldwide are now certified to R2. As the electronics recycling standard approaches its 10-year birthday, E-Scrap News takes a look at the factors that have shaped the standard’s growth of late.
A Canadian ITAD firm has brought the concept of carbon credits into the refurbishment realm as a way of offsetting the carbon impact associated with purchasing new IT equipment.
The parent of Regency Technologies is consolidating two northern Ohio facilities into a massive new location that’s under construction near Cleveland.
Draft legislation would make Massachusetts the 26th state with a regulated e-scrap program.
Industry consolidation and soft metal and plastics markets resulted in a decline in membership by e-scrap processors in the last year in the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.