Romania remains well short of a 2021 European Union target for e-scrap collections, and Sims Metals Management brought profitability to its global e-scrap recycling business in fiscal year 2015.
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Romania remains well short of a 2021 European Union target for e-scrap collections, and Sims Metals Management brought profitability to its global e-scrap recycling business in fiscal year 2015.
Arrow Electronics has announced the opening of its first IT asset disposition facility in Singapore.
The Buffalo Bills make a drive for recycling, and Samsung is getting more backlash over its handling of the Galaxy Note 7 debacle.
An industry podcast made its debut this week, with host ITAD Technologies promising more episodes later this year.
The White House has issued an updated executive order on federal sustainability practices that noticeably leaves out green electronics standard EPEAT. The standard helps promote the recovery and reuse of many types of devices.
A Department of Homeland Security-sponsored campaign now counts ERI among its educators.
A jewelry and bullion wholesaler and retailer is in talks to purchase Texas-based Elemetal Recycling, part of precious metals company Elemetal.
An analysis shows alarming ground contamination from e-scrap processing in the world’s second most-populous country, and Hong Kong officials learn about e-scrap-related prosecutions.
A Michigan e-scrap broker is facing up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 after pleading guilty to smuggling CRTs and other used electronics abroad.
A community in Wyoming will end its e-scrap recycling program and instead send electronics to a local landfill — even though a city ordinance prohibits disposal of those materials.