An e-plastics focused session at the 2022 E-Scrap Conference brought attendees perspectives from domestic processors. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling, Inc.
Two businesses with unique approaches to meeting the goal of domestically processing e-plastics shared their plans at the 2022 E-Scrap Conference.
Sony and EWASTE+ join a group of companies that have settled in court regarding CRT cleanup costs in the Closed Loop case. | Aerial Mike/Shutterstock
Sony Electronics and EWASTE+ agreed to pay a combined $2.4 million to end their years-long entanglement in a lawsuit over CRT materials abandoned in Ohio.
An IPO would bring Ingram Micro back to U.S. stock exchanges. | JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock
Ingram Micro, which owns a global ITAD division, has filed with federal regulators to become a publicly traded company once again.
A panel moderated by Adam Shine (far left) featured market insights from Joe Pickard (second from left), Walter Alcorn (second from right) and Craig Boswell (far right). | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling, Inc.
Battery-embedded products, market uncertainty and evolving ITAD services are shaping the future of electronics recycling, industry experts noted last week.
Total Reclaim’s CEO Bobby Farris was hired three years ago to “rehabilitate the organization” after an export scandal. | Courtesy of Total Reclaim
Bobby Farris now has full control of Washington-based Total Reclaim, and he is targeting additional markets for the processor.
A session at the E-Scrap Conference featured evTerra’s Jeff Gloyd, left, and Chris Kaasmann of GreenChip. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling, Inc.
More than 1,000 e-scrap and ITAD leaders are gathering this week in New Orleans, with much of the discussion focusing on business opportunities tied to wider circular economy trends.
Under California’s SB 1215, consumers will be required to pay an electronic waste recycling fee upon the purchase of certain new or refurbished products starting Jan. 1, 2026. | Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock
California’s e-scrap recycling program will expand after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two battery-related bills into law.
A number of e-scrap companies and OEMs have settled in court regarding CRT cleanup costs in the Closed Loop case. | Alex Staroseltsev/Shutterstock
A resolution may be near in the years-long legal battle over who should help fund the cleanup of about 150 million pounds of abandoned CRT materials in Columbus, Ohio.
Hawaiian legislators passed an update to the state’s electronics EPR program, making manufacturer recycling targets weight-based instead of calculated by market share. | Jeff Whyte/Shutterstock
Hawaii had to suspend free e-scrap collection in the state earlier this year after the program ran out of funds early, but the state legislature has passed a law to address the problem.