India is cracking down on imports of used phones, and an e-scrap collection event in Australia sets records.
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India is cracking down on imports of used phones, and an e-scrap collection event in Australia sets records.
A state-of-the art electronics recycling facility opens in Sweden, and a retailer in Sri Lanka offers e-scrap drop-off.
Brexit not expected to impact UK WEEE recovery targets and an international group is calling for a universal laptop charger.
Government agencies have started cleaning up the toxic aftermath of a fire at a Los Angeles-area metals and e-scrap recycling facility. Clean-up costs are expected to total in the millions of dollars.
Steven Elmore, in his opinion piece entitled “BAN’s tracking project missed opportunities to advance industry,” seems to have complaints both about our study and about BAN’s advocacy positions. Upon reflection, it might be the latter complaint that lies at the heart of his lament. But, first we would like to address his complaints about our study.
Carey Hamilton, executive director of the Indiana Recycling Coalition and a board member of the National Recycling Coalition, has succeeded in her bid for a seat in the legislature.
It has been six months since Call2Recycle launched the nation’s first extended producer responsibility program for single-use batteries in Vermont, and Carl Smith, CEO and president of Call2Recycle, is pleased with how it’s going.
Insurance fraud at an e-scrap operator, federal action to close an electronics reuse company and news on a CRT processor are among the stories that captured readers’ attention last month.
A leaching method can effectively extract precious metals from e-scrap without using toxic chemicals, the product’s creator said.
Recently, I had to go to Ikea to get some office gear. And I’m always struck by the same thing when I wend my way through the labyrinth that is that retail establishment, the just-so nature of all of their pre-fab rooms. It’s tantalizing, everything in its right place with its right purpose – a suggestion that even I can learn to live an uncluttered life.