This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.
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This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.
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Two familiar pieces of legislation under consideration in Illinois aim to promote CRT glass storage, but they take different paths toward that goal.
Teck Resources, a Canadian smelter that consumes significant tonnages of CRT glass, has cancelled a $210 million slag fuming furnace project after an ongoing delay tied to market conditions.
Participants of a webinar this week spoke openly about two particularly contentious issues facing CRT glass management: downstream capacity and manufacturer funding.
Illinois legislators are quickly advancing a bill that aims to make it easier for e-scrap companies to send CRT glass to storage cells.
R2 and e-Stewards representatives are challenging the legality of a bill in Illinois that prohibits accrediting organizations from penalizing e-scrap companies if they send CRT glass to storage cells at a landfill.
Product lightweighting is preventing manufacturers from increasing e-scrap collection volumes in Canada’s most populous province.
A recycling company in upstate New York has been targeted by state officials over allegations of mishandling materials.
A Midwest electronics recycling executive lied to clients to generate large sums of money and used company funds for gambling and other personal expenses, according to court documents.
Firms active in California’s electronics recycling program increasingly turned to landfill disposal for CRT material in 2016.