Dell’s Lifecycle Hub will track inventory, repair or replace devices, handle upgrades, facilitate responsible device disposition and more. | Ken Wolter/Shutterstock
Dell is moving deeper into the ITAD realm, recently debuting an all-in-one asset management hub.
The Cisco Green Pay program has been rolled out as a pilot program in several European countries. | Courtesy of Cisco
Global networking and telecommunications equipment giant Cisco launched a leasing program that manages product disposition services for customers after five years.
Wieland just acquired Totall Metal Recycling, including the yard in Granite City, Ill. shown here. | Courtesy of Wieland
A newly formed company bought a large tract of Indiana land to build an e-scrap metals refining facility, and Totall Metal Recycling was acquired by a global copper supplier.
Changes to CalRecycle’s per-pound payments to e-scrap processors will go into effect July 1. | penofoto/Shutterstock
This story has been updated.
Attention, California e-scrap processors: A pay raise is coming.
North Carolina’s pounds collected per-capita fell to 2.12 pounds in 2020-21. | Serge Cornu/Shutterstock
COVID-19 impacts and ongoing trends in the materials stream made a major impact on the North Carolina state e-scrap program last year.
View of broken CRT glass stored in a Glen Flora, Wis., warehouse where 5R Processors previously operated, taken during a September 2021 DNR inspection. | Courtesy of Wisconsin DNR.
The former head of e-scrap company 5R Processors pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes as part of a plea bargain in which prosecutors dropped CRT-related hazardous waste and wire fraud charges.
California state legislators are considering a battery stewardship bill. | Steve Heap/Shutterstock
This story has been corrected.
A California bill would create an extended producer responsibility program for batteries and battery-embedded products.
Residents in the city of Pittsburgh will have an electronics recycling program again. | Amy Lutz/Shutterstock
Pittsburgh will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to restore the city’s e-scrap recycling program, using public funds to help subsidize recycling costs for residents.
Investor interest in waste reduction and recycling is rising steadily, according to an investment manager. | Sittipong Phokawattana/Shutterstock
As aspirations for a circular economy continue to gain traction, some financial index providers are urging investors to take notice of what they call an emerging opportunity.
The commercial agreements between Glencore and Li-Cycle are expected to be finalized and the financial investment expected to close by the end of July 2022. | Pavel Kapysh/Shutterstock
Glencore has signed a supply agreement with and agreed to invest $200 million in Toronto-based lithium-ion battery recycling startup Li-Cycle.