The rulemaking would have allowed exports of tested and working devices. | Alexey Lesik/Shutterstock
The U.S. Department of Commerce has decided not to pursue regulations restricting some e-scrap exports, according to the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI).
A number of e-scrap companies are defending themselves in court. | xfilephotos/Shutterstock
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A dozen e-scrap companies will cut checks totalling $517,000 to settle allegations they’re partially responsible for abandoned CRT materials in Ohio. Meanwhile, 15 other processors appear set to duke it out with landowners in court.
The company’s process uses microorganisms to scavenge precious metals from circuit boards. | raigvi/Shutterstock
An e-scrap firm using microbes to recover metals from electronic scrap has launched a processing facility to demonstrate its technology.
Arrow Electronics will no longer receive devices at its facilities after Aug. 5. | basiczto/Shutterstock
Global ITAD services provider Arrow Electronics will close the asset disposition side of its business by the end of the year, after the company experienced two quarters of worsening financial returns.
A number of e-scrap-related items were addressed in Dell’s 2019 sustainability report. | Courtesy of Dell
A global OEM says it has achieved its 2020 electronics recycling and recycled feedstock goals. The company also adopted e-scrap tracking as a permanent part of its recycling vendor auditing program.
Microsoft recently submitted comments in opposition to right to repair. | VDB Photos/Shutterstock
In comments to federal regulators, Microsoft recently explained why the company might choose repair-hampering design factors when developing its products.
Three major electronics brands recently made recycling- and repair-related announcements or released new figures on their materials recovery progress.
An Illinois landfill disposition program for funnel glass is being phased out after five years.
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(Left to Right) Jim Sheehan, Chief Remarketing & Sustainability, Wisetek and Stuart Fleming, CEO, Enviroserve
ITAD firm Wisetek has partnered with a Dubai-based e-scrap company, the latest example of companies from different countries joining together to serve a wider market.
Liquid Technology’s new facility in the Chicago area.
Processing firm Liquid Technology today announced the opening of its second site: a 19,400-square-foot facility outside Chicago.