Back to Top

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.

Sign up for our free weekly e-newsletters to receive the latest news directly.

Pollution issues threaten Glencore smelter in Canada

Published: October 12, 2022
Updated:

by
Glencore's Horne smelter aerial view.

Glencore’s Horne smelter is facing public concerns over air pollution. | Courtesy of Glencore

The top government official in Quebec suggested public concerns over air pollution could lead the province to close Glencore’s Horne smelting site, a key downstream for North America’s e-scrap.

Continue Reading

Research firm: Global computer sales decline by about one-fifth

Published: October 12, 2022
Updated:

by
Dell computer boxes with desktop computers inside.

Gartner tallied 68 million computers were shipped globally for sale in the third quarter, which marked the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines. | KenSoftTH/Shutterstock

Worldwide shipments of PCs in the third quarter were down by nearly 20% year over year, according to a Gartner analysis, the steepest decline in decades.

Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged , |

Companies take different paths to address e-plastics

Published: October 5, 2022
Updated:

by
Attendees listen to speakers at the 2022 E-Scrap Conference.

An e-plastics focused session at the 2022 E-Scrap Conference brought attendees perspectives from domestic processors. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling, Inc.

Two businesses with unique approaches to meeting the goal of domestically processing e-plastics shared their plans at the 2022 E-Scrap Conference.

Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged , , |

OEM, processor agree to settle in CRT case

Published: October 5, 2022
Updated:

by
Court gavel on desk with books in background.

Sony and EWASTE+ join a group of companies that have settled in court regarding CRT cleanup costs in the Closed Loop case. | Aerial Mike/Shutterstock

Sony Electronics and EWASTE+ agreed to pay a combined $2.4 million to end their years-long entanglement in a lawsuit over CRT materials abandoned in Ohio.

Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged , |

Processor to track inventory via AI-powered vision system

Published: October 5, 2022
Updated:

by
The IntelSight X system from Neatco Engineering Services.

The IntelSight X system can help electronics and reuse companies reduce labor needs in inventory management. | Courtesy of Neatco Engineering Services

An Ontario tech firm has developed an artificial intelligence-driven system that a Canadian electronics recycling and reuse company will use to identify and catalog incoming devices, the system developers said.

Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged |