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ERI’s Plainfield, Ind. facility is one of several that was found to be in compliance with e-Stewards requirements when it was targeted with GPS trackers to check downstream e-scrap outlets.
The e-Stewards certification standard this week named companies that showed conformity with the standard during unannounced inspections this year. The group also announced companies that had positive results when their downstreams were audited with GPS trackers.
An executive explains why third-party remarketing service providers may be a good option for processors. | Creative Stock Studio/Shutterstock
Every three years the Librarian of Congress authorizes exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). | DCStockPhotography/Shutterstock
The Librarian of Congress will continue allowing independent shops to legally unlock mobile phones so they can be used with any wireless carrier, increasing their resale value.
A pilot program will allow residents of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to recycle over 500 additional products. | ti1993/Shutterstock
Canada’s Northwest Territories will expand the list of items accepted in its electronics recycling program, as part of a two-year pilot project.
News of the electronics recycling impacts from a new California law was highly read in October. | Donald Walker / Shutterstock
Readers last month were drawn to articles about labeling law changes in California, a major new precious metals recovery facility, Sony’s CRT cleanup responsibility and more.
The Welland, Ontario site will create as many as 10 jobs. | Courtesy of eCycle Solutions
Canadian e-scrap and ITAD company eCycle Solutions has opened a recycling location in Welland, Ontario, close to Niagara Falls.
Igneo plans to use a pyrolysis system to process plastics in the electronics stream. | gabriel12/Shutterstock
A large electronics processing operation is launching in Georgia, and its focus will be lower-value, plastics-heavy devices in the e-scrap stream.
Environmental justice concerns are receiving more attention across the country. | pixinoo/Shutterstock
Carlton Waterhouse, a key U.S. EPA waste official, says moving toward a circular economy is not enough. Instead, society needs a “circular economy for all.” Continue Reading