Corporate E-Waste Solutions announced the heads of its newest ITAD facilities and are looking to keep growing. | Damrong Rattanapong/Shutterstock
IT asset disposition firm Corporate E-Waste Solutions recently named the directors of operations for ITAD facilities in Arizona and Kansas, the latest in the company’s rapid growth since its founding in 2016. Continue Reading
The bill applies to devices purchased after Sept. 1, 2026, that are worth more than $50. | Apitoca/Shutterstock
Texas legislators became the first in a “red state” to send a right-to-repair consumer electronics bill to the governor’s desk, and the bill differs in several ways from other recent laws. Continue Reading
Stolen devices are one of the most common causes of data loss, a problem that can create unnecessary e-scrap. | Georgejmclittle/Shutterstock
Stolen devices are a bigger cause of data loss than ransomware and stolen credentials, the response to which could lead to the destruction of reusable devices, according to a report from Blancco Technology Group. Continue Reading
An ERI collection event in Madison, Wisconsin, detailed in the company’s 2024 impact report. | Photo courtesy ERI
Last year was a busy one for ERI, bringing the launch of the company’s first in-house alkaline battery processing facility, establishment of a new stable e-plastics downstream and the rollout of the latest edition of the company’s automated device identification system.
Two bills are awaiting signatures, in Texas and Illinois, that would set up a solar panel and wind turbine stewardship requirement for facilities and alter an existing e-scrap recycling program. | GreenThumbShots/Shutterstock
Bills adding solar facility recycling requirements in Texas and changes to Illinois’ e-scrap recycling program are sitting on their respective governors’ desks. Continue Reading
Cathode ray tubes are heavy, contain hazardous materials, are labor-intensive to process and have had unstable end markets. | Boonchuay1970/Shutterstock
Ten years ago, Indian cathode ray tube manufacturer Videocon was recycling end-of-life CRTs from U.S. processors into new CRT displays. New York-headquartered Nulife Glass was preparing to start up its first CRT glass furnace. In Illinois, Kuusakoski was placing CRT glass in storage cells for future potential recovery. And e-scrap processors around the country were shipping CRTs to Closed Loop Refining and Recovery warehouses in Ohio and Arizona. Continue Reading
A federal lawmaker has introduced the “Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act,” seeking to diminish U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals via domestic mining, recycling and finding other trade partners. | Joaquin Corbalan/Shutterstock
A federal lawmaker has introduced the “Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act,” seeking to diminish U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals via domestic mining, recycling and finding other trade partners. Continue Reading
An initiative by the Basel Action Network helped stop illegal e-scrap imports in Southeast Asia, the organization said. | Photo by EARTH Thailand / Provided courtesy of BAN
Officials in Malaysia and Thailand seized containers with hundreds of tons of e-scrap illegally imported from the United States earlier this month after tips from the U.S. nonprofit Basel Action Network. Continue Reading
Bloom ESG predicted that in the near future a new generation of environmental certificates, called carbon insets, will become a revenue stream for recyclers. | Chayanuphol/Shutterstock
In the near future, ITAD and e-scrap recyclers should expect industry consolidation and the rise of a new kind of environmental certificate that could create revenue streams for recyclers, advisory firm Bloom ESG predicted in a new white paper. Continue Reading
Size-reduced solar panels at Com2 Recycling Solutions’ Illinois facility. The company is using the glass to offset declining CRT volumes. | Photo courtesy Com2
Electronics processors are increasingly adding solar panel recycling capacity, in some cases processing the panels similarly to declining streams like CRT glass and in other cases rolling out entirely new technologies, companies said in recent interviews. Continue Reading