Veterans Alliance Resourcing is moving from a 4,000-square-foot facility near Dallas to a 5,000-square-foot space in Manor, a suburb of Austin. | Courtesy of VAR.
Strong demand for used electronics is helping to drive growth for a reuse-focused Texas processor.
With fewer available drivers comes less available trucking supply, leading to higher prices and potential disruptions in trucking availability for those in the recycling industry. | Vitpho/Shutterstock
A driver shortage that was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to create challenges for moving used electronics and other recovered materials this year, analysts say.
Plastic Recycling, Inc. is the latest company to open North American capacity for e-plastics. | Courtesy of PRI
Indianapolis-based Plastic Recycling, Inc. has expanded with a project that underscores the opportunities and complexities in recycling plastics from scrap electronics.
In the survey, 40% of Cascade’s clients indicated they slightly or greatly reduced their IT equipment disposal activities in 2020. | Vorontsova Alena/Shutterstock
The coronavirus forced many organizations to sideline IT refresh projects in 2020, but enterprise representatives say they expect to get back into the asset disposition game in 2021.
In acquiring e-End, Techno Recuse will now have an annual processing capacity of more than 5 million pounds. | photocj/Shutterstock
ITAD firm Techno Rescue this month acquired e-End, a Maryland processor that handles a variety of equipment types.
The Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling made a range of preliminary recommendations to state regulators and lawmakers late last month. | PK Studio/Shutterstock
A high-profile recycling commission in California has published its endorsement of right-to-repair policies.
The view from inside one of Closed Loop’s warehouses in Columbus, Ohio in 2015. | Courtesy of AECOM
E-scrap processor Kuusakoski has agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit demanding that it help clean up massive CRT stockpiles in Columbus, Ohio.
SERI and RIOS are working to build more online programs for education on EHS management systems. | S_L/Shutterstock
Companies with R2-certified facilities will be able to access discounted RIOS environmental health and safety management resources through a new partnership.
Scrap plastic traders are facing challenges from increased freight rates and cancellations of bookings by shipping lines as Basel regulations are implemented. | Mariusz Bugno/Shutterstock
Recent changes to global regulations on scrap plastic shipments have shaken up the export market for plastics recovered from electronics.
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in March, Best Buy and others halted e-scrap collection. | LukeandKarla.Travel/Shutterstock
Certainly, the past year has been one like no other. And in the electronics recycling and ITAD industry, the global pandemic was just one of many developments shaping business conditions. Legal tussles, issues around low-value materials, and commodity market volatility were all e-scrap industry realities in 2020 as well.