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The Alcor 5000 SY features two simultaneously running rotors and multiple shaft types, enabling versatility in material shredding. | Photo courtesy Lindner
Austria-headquartered equipment supplier Lindner unveiled a new model of shredder this year, describing it as a suitable unit for size reduction in a variety of material streams, including light scrap metals. Continue Reading
Six battery recycling projects received funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. | JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock
The U.S. Department of Energy has issued $725 million to six U.S. lithium-ion battery recycling projects, including two companies that will bring in batteries from consumer electronics. Continue Reading
SB 1215, which was enacted in 2022, expands California’s decades-old e-scrap recycling program to include battery-embedded products. | Jittawit21/Shutterstock
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is working through rulemaking on SB 1215, which adds items with embedded batteries to the state’s existing e-scrap recycling program. Continue Reading
Boston-headquartered Iron Mountain acquired Cork, Ireland-based Wisetek, continuing its growth. | Sundry Photography / Shutterstock
Major publicly-traded IT asset disposition firm Iron Mountain has continued its recent string of acquisitions, with Wisetek joining the ranks of Regency Technologies and ITRenew as Iron Mountain assets.
The Stewardship Agencies of BC is a coalition of extended producer responsibility organizations, including Call2Recycle Canada, Return-It, the Electronic Products Recycling Association, Recycle BC and others. | MAXSHOT.PL/Shutterstock
The Stewardship Agencies of British Columbia worked together to divert a record 425 million kilograms of end-of-life products from landfills in 2023, and leaders pointed to factors including the efficiency and education that collaboration brings. Continue Reading
Apple’s iOS 18 update will expand its “Activation Lock” to include individual high-value parts, including batteries and displays. | Attila Fodemesi/Shutterstock
Apple’s latest operating system update will expand a feature unpopular with reuse and repair advocates to not just cover the phone as a whole but also individual parts. Continue Reading
Boston-headquartered ITAD firm Illumynt is opening three new facilities globally, thanks to a large contract. | Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock
Illumynt, a Boston-headquartered ITAD firm, has brought founder Paul Knight back to lead the company as CEO and shuffled other leadership positions. The changes come as the company is opening three new facilities globally due to a large contract. Continue Reading
The companies, based in Wisconsin and California, are leveraging their strengths to produce Basel-compliant recycled e-plastics. | KPixMining/Shutterstock
Wisconsin-based Universal Recycling Technologies and California’s Hanil Eco Solutions are combining their expertise to achieve Basel Convention compliance in e-plastics recycling, the companies announced this week. Continue Reading