Legislation addressing electronics repair has advanced in Massachusetts, among other states. | Real Window Creative / Shutterstock
More than 40 legislative proposals have been introduced across the country covering repair of a variety of equipment types, and electronics-focused bills remain active in at least nine states.
Through a grant program, wireless trackers have been shipped out to R2-certified facilities on a rolling basis since December 2019. | MyCreative / Shutterstock
R2-certified electronics recycling and reuse companies across North America are following the movement of material using technology provided through a SERI grant initiative.
Li-Cycle highlighted Arizona’s burgeoning electric vehicle sector as key to the location of the next facility. | Alexander Lukatskiy / Shutterstock
Lithium-ion battery recycling company Li-Cycle will build its third North American plant in the Phoenix area. The operation will be able to process up to 22 million pounds of batteries per year.
To promote individual vaccination, Sunnking is offering paid time off to employees opting to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. | PhotobyTawat / Shutterstock
Electronics recycling and repair advocates provided comments to the EPA as the agency considers changing what counts toward the national recycling rate. | Photographee.eu / Shutterstock
If electronics are repaired, refurbished or remanufactured, should their weight be counted in the U.S. recycling rate?
Echo’s resale gross profit was $9.5 million in 2020, more than double the prior year’s. | Ari N/Shutterstock
A family of Dallas-area electronics processors enjoyed surging revenues and profits from the device resale business last year while the commodities recycling business grew at a slower rate.
A 100,000-square-foot facility in Spain will have the capacity to process more than 50 million pounds of e-plastics per year. | sonsart/Shutterstock
Spanish plastics recycling operation Fosimpe will enter the mixed-plastics processing sector in the coming weeks, driven not only by the global regulatory environment but by greater public interest in domestic material processing.
The authors are requesting audience feedback on education materials they’ve created on best practices for handling polychlorinated biphenyls. | tonyz20/Shutterstock
A view of the LoopSecure tracking service dashboard. | Courtesy of Greenlyfocus
A newly launched service will track used electronics leaving enterprises’ loading docks, helping companies recover equipment that’s lost or stolen before arrival at an ITAD facility.
Solar panels and batteries from ERI will head to Nevada-based Redwood Materials. | maradon 333/Shutterstock
ERI entered a partnership to supply Redwood Materials with batteries and solar panels for downstream processing.