Homeboy Electronics Recycling in Los Angeles is one of many industry companies that’s struggled to fill staff positions. | Courtesy of Homeboy Electronics Recycling
After COVID-19 struck, Integrated Recycling Technologies (IRT) found itself entering an unexpected business: daycare.
Grover offers a wide range of devices available for lease by consumers, including computers, smartphones, drones, gaming devices, and many more. | Micolas / Shutterstock
Grover, a European company that provides subscription access to consumer technology, recently secured massive investment capital, underscoring wider interest in a model that maximizes device life span and facilitates end-of-life recycling.
E-scrap processor Sunnking is offering a live view of its Brockport, N.Y. shredding operations. | Courtesy of Sunnking
Sunnking’s latest transparency effort brings a whole new meaning to “recycling stream.”
URT has installed equipment nationwide to processes glass from CRTs into powders used to make frit, which is an ingredient used in compounding enamels and ceramic glazes. | Courtesy of URT.
After a roughly $1.2 million investment, Universal Recycling Technologies is currently processing 100% of the leaded CRT glass it handles into a feedstock for ceramic tiles.
Redwood Materials is one of a handful of firms scaling up lithium-ion recycling processes. | OtmarW / Shutterstock
Redwood Materials, a growing Nevada-based battery recycling firm that recently partnered with an e-scrap processor, received more than $700 million in funding from various financing organizations.
A policy statement includes several specific actions FTC will take and other steps it is asking the public to take. | Alexey Kabanov / Shutterstock
The Federal Trade Commission last week pledged to heighten enforcement actions on manufacturers that block independent repair of their products.
Urban E Recycling broke the $1 million revenue mark in its fifth year, and in 2020 it achieved $3.1 million in revenue. | Courtesy of Urban E Recycling
Urban E Recycling opened a new site earlier this year, the latest development for a e-scrap processor that has found a niche by focusing on smaller clients and providing free collection of material.
Dynamic shipped over 5.4 million pounds of CRT materials to Closed Loop on behalf of ASUS between Jan. 2013 and March 2016. | Zolnierek / Shutterstock
Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations and ASUS Computer International have agreed to pay $850,000 toward cleaning up CRT stockpiles left by Closed Loop Refining and Recovery.
The author makes the case that out of all of the devices essential to remote working, laptops pose the biggest e-waste challenge. | ThamKC / Shutterstock
Washington e-scrap collectors handled nearly 15.2 million pounds of covered devices in 2020. | Alexander Lutaskiy / Shutterstock
Washington state processors handled far more flat-panel displays than CRT devices in 2020, continuing a trend that began the year before, according to the state’s annual report.