A tech startup is developing a new product to verify trustworthiness among traders of electronic scrap and other recyclable materials.
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A tech startup is developing a new product to verify trustworthiness among traders of electronic scrap and other recyclable materials.
Recently unveiled robotics technology aims to boost throughputs and reduce environmental and health risks from LCD flat-panel display recycling.
Apple picks a fight with backers of device-repair legislation, and National Geographic digs into the recovery of rare earth metals.
A county in West Virginia could legally allow the landfilling of electronics but is choosing not to, and an investment expert predicts continued low prices for metals commodities.
Municipal leaders in Casper, Wyo. have reversed course and decided to renew their electronics recycling program, after hearing from angry constituents opposed to landfilling them.
PerkinElmer used interconnected pieces of equipment to burn e-scrap and study the gases that were emitted.
It’s well understood that torching scrap electronics – either through crude processing or accidental warehouse fires – releases harmful toxics. But testing supported by the U.S. EPA has now helped identify exactly which substances are emitted, and it found some previously undetected by researchers.
E-scrap company FCM will be recycling plastics from scrap electronics at a site in Cornwall, Ontario.
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has formed a group to promote plastics-to-oil technology, which a number of firms have been exploring to monetize material, including e-plastics, that would otherwise be sent to landfills.
A study out of Europe highlights the environmental virtues of recycling plastics found in electronics, appliances and toys.
E-Scrap News readers had OEMs, exports and CRT glass in mind as we recap our most-read stories of the month.