Category: News

E-Scrap News magazine is the premier trade journal for electronics recycling and refurbishment experts. It offers updates on the latest equipment and technology, details trends in electronics recycling legislation, highlights the work of innovative processors, and covers all the other critical industry news.

Smelter investment, gold prices and other metals news

Published: December 13, 2023
Updated: December 13, 2023
by Jared Paben and Colin Staub

E-scrap awaiting recycling at Boliden’s Rönnskär smelter in northern Sweden. | Boliden Public Media Library

Aurubis will invest $359 million at a smelter, gold maintains its recent high prices and researchers say recycled copper from e-scrap doesn’t necessarily generate fewer greenhouse gasses than virgin mined metal. Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged markets, metals |

Certification Scorecard: December 13, 2023

Published: December 13, 2023
Updated: December 13, 2023
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Certification scorecard |

News from Acer, Colt Recycling, Done with IT and more

Published: December 13, 2023
Updated: December 13, 2023
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

Our top stories from November 2023

Published: December 6, 2023
Updated: December 6, 2023
by Editorial Staff

A story about e-Stewards’ approach to e-plastics exports drew readers’ clicks last month. | Courtesy of Basel Action Network (BAN)

A couple of high-profile acquisitions – Iron Mountain’s purchase of Regency Technologies and Closed Loop Partners’ acquisition of Sage Sustainable Electronics – landed on our list of the most-read stories in November.
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Posted in News | Tagged Top 5 |

California exporters must show they tried in-state options

Published: December 6, 2023
Updated: December 6, 2023
by Colin Staub

A container ship travels under the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay in California. | Jared Paben/E-Scrap News

Exporting end-of-life devices from California has long been a heavily regulated process. This year, lawmakers added another requirement that exporters first prove in-state recycling options were unavailable. Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged California, Exports |

Following petition, Microsoft extends Windows 10 support

Published: December 6, 2023
Updated: December 6, 2023
by Marissa Heffernan

Microsoft will announce details about the extended security updates closer to 2025. | Wachiwit/Shutterstock

Responding to concerns about scrapping otherwise usable devices, Microsoft announced it will extend security updates for Windows 10 – for a price. Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged computers, OEMs |

Blancco acquired by tech-focused investors

Published: December 6, 2023
Updated: December 6, 2023
by Jared Paben

Business handshake with documents on desk.

Francisco Partners bought Blancco Technology Group, which is no longer trading on the London Stock Exchange. | David Gyung/Shutterstock

A global investment firm has purchased data-wiping company Blancco Technology Group for about $221 million. Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged data security |

Defendants to pay over $2M in Arizona CRT case

Published: December 6, 2023
Updated: December 6, 2023
by Jared Paben

The legal settlements were the latest in the Closed Loop Refining and Recovery CRT abandonment case in Phoenix. | Justin Pinkney/Shutterstock

Three e-scrap companies will pay a combined $2.2 million to help fund the cleanup of millions of pounds of CRT materials abandoned by Closed Loop Refining and Recovery in Phoenix. Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged courts/lawsuits, CRTs, processors |

Certification Scorecard: December 6, 2023

Published: December 6, 2023
Updated: December 6, 2023
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Certification scorecard |

News from Benjamin Von Wong, Cirba Solutions and more

Published: December 6, 2023
Updated: December 6, 2023
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

The latest e-scrap industry news

Traceability tools add recycled material trust
The increasing adoption of post-consumer resin is set against a backdrop of growing public mistrust and a frequent lack of clarity, but emerging traceability tools can provide transparency to build trust with consumers as well as supply chain partners.
Wisconsin prepares for E-Cycle rulemaking
Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources is preparing for rulemaking on its state e-scrap recycling program in response to legislative changes last year.
Dynamic opens Tennessee ITAD facility
Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations added 74,000 square feet of space and with its latest facility in Tennessee.
Metal duties come into play, some tariffs suspended
The U.S. tariff whirlwind continues this month: Many imports from Canada and Mexico, including those of recycled materials, had their tariffs suspended two days after they took effect last week, while previously announced tariffs on aluminum and steel from all countries are set to take effect Wednesday.
Report: Battery ‘retirement tide’ nears
North America’s current capacity to process 144,000 tons per year of lithium-ion batteries is “quite insignificant” against the projected growth in new manufacturing, according to a recent overview of the global lithium-ion battery recycling landscape from consulting and research firm Deloitte and a division of the American Chemical Society.
Electronics recovery firms convene at RLA 2025
Data center decommissioning, right-to-repair, tariffs and the role of artificial intelligence in end-of-life product grading were hot topics during the first two days of a meeting of reverse logistics professionals in Las Vegas this week.
Our top stories from February 2025
Readers last month were drawn to coverage of a federal criminal case involving a former Wisetek employee who stole devices during ITAD jobs. Camston Wrather’s bankruptcy, Kuusakoski’s exit from the U.S., a major ITAD merger and a FBI ITAD audit also drew attention.