New Jersey lawmakers will decide today whether to move a bill that would beef up the state’s e-scrap program out of committee and onto the General Assembly floor for a vote. Continue Reading
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New Jersey lawmakers will decide today whether to move a bill that would beef up the state’s e-scrap program out of committee and onto the General Assembly floor for a vote. Continue Reading
Responding to what it calls a dearth of reliable downstream processors of CRT funnel glass, the state of California will allow the lead-laden material to head to hazardous waste disposal facilities.
A webinar hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week featured presentations from four key processors hungry for more CRT glass.
An e-scrap processor has announced plans to build a facility in Whitewater, Wisc. with the goal of transforming CRT glass to tiles.
One of the country’s largest outlets for CRT glass, Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, is no longer certified to the R2 standard in Arizona and has seen its certification in Ohio suspended.
Goodwill Industries in Indiana is no longer accepting TVs at some locations due to CRT recycling issues, and a modular computer concept looks for funding.
What does the future hold for California’s e-scrap recycling program? Stakeholders were recently polled on different possibilities, and respondents were divided on issues such as landfill ban proposals and whether or not to continue the state’s unique consumer-fee strategy.
A lobbyist has been hired by R2 and e-Stewards to stage a last-minute fight against a bill that’s moving swiftly through the Illinois legislature.
This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.
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As the e-scrap industry has struggled to efficiently handle CRT glass in recent years, many stakeholders have held out hope that technologies could be developed to cost-effectively remove lead from the material and pave the way more CRT recycling.