The money will go toward growing the company’s footprint and improving user experience for its customers. | Jared Paben/E-Scrap News
Mobile device reseller ecoATM Gazelle secured a $50 million investment to expand its enterprise partnerships and platforms. Continue Reading
A view of Mitsubishi Materials’ Naoshima Smelter and Refinery on Naoshima Island in Japan. | Courtesy of Mitsubishi Materials
Metals producer Mitsubishi Materials purchased a stake in a startup working to build a smelter in Indiana. Meanwhile, the company unveiled plans to substantially increase its e-scrap recycling capacity in Japan. Continue Reading
If approved by the Oregon Senate, House Bill 3220 will add a number of items to the state’s extended producer responsibility program. | Bob Pool/Shutterstock
Oregon’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would bring significant changes to the state’s law for electronics collection and processing. Continue Reading
Growing demand from Asian countries is boosting the value of copper, but experts remain cautious about the metal’s outlook. | Flegere/Shutterstock
The price of copper has continued to rise and is nearing a high not seen since June 2022.
The program dovetails with Best Buy’s in-store drop-off service for some types of electronics. | Luke and Karla/Shutterstock
Best Buy has launched a program through which consumers can purchase boxes to ship scrap electronics to ERI for recycling. Continue Reading
A total of $12 million in investments will help PRI focus on testing to fulfill clients’ requests and automation to keep labor costs down.| Courtesy of Plastic Recycling Inc.
Plastic Recycling Inc. will invest $2 million to install an e-plastics sorting line in South Carolina, part of the company’s longer-term push to boost domestic recycling capacity for e-plastics. Continue Reading
Some aspects of the state’s e-waste law require clarification, but California officials expect a significant expansion of covered items.| Africa Studio/Shutterstock
In the future, e-scrap processors in California could receive state money to recycle electric toothbrushes, electronic greeting cards, toys and a host of other items with embedded batteries, state regulators recently suggested. Continue Reading
Participants in the 10- to 12-week course will receive training to meet NAID certifications. | Tham KC/Shutterstock
ERI and nonprofit Opportunity Enterprises have teamed up to provide e-scrap recycling training for people with disabilities in Indiana. Continue Reading
Camston Wrather’s aggregation sites currently handle about 25 million pounds of material each year, a number the company aims to triple by 2024. | Courtesy of Camston Wrather
Camston Wrather, a company with a unique process for extracting metals from printed circuit boards, announced it is planning to grow and expand aggressively across the U.S., after years of keeping a relatively low profile.
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The president of eGreen IT Solutions, Karin Harris, argues that her company should have been alerted after BAN determined it sent a printer to an unapproved immediate downstream processor. | KG Design/Shutterstock
Arizona-based eGreen IT Solutions was stripped of its e-Stewards certification after GPS trackers showed overseas printer shipments. The company says it did not “knowingly” break rules. Continue Reading