Metals company Boliden recovered copper and precious metals from 95,000 short tons of printed circuit boards in 2018, up 12 percent year over year, according to an annual report.
Metals company Boliden recovered copper and precious metals from 95,000 short tons of printed circuit boards in 2018, up 12 percent year over year, according to an annual report.
A handful of electronics processors have recently opened facilities or expanded existing plants. Here’s a roundup of recent facility activity.
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The Indian government says it will ban scrap plastic imports, a move that threatens to further disrupt the U.S. recycling industry by closing a growing market.
Photo shows the tracking device on a laptop displaying the tracking software interface.
Of 170 trackers placed in e-scrap devices over the past two years, the vast majority remained in the U.S. Most of those electronics that were exported went to Asia, according to the Green Tracking Service.
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Machinery at the shuttered BlueOak Arkansas e-scrap smelting plant is being auctioned off late this month.
Todd Koleski and Jennifer Ganka of Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services
It’s well-known the U.S. military is a huge buyer of goods, including electronic equipment. Officials recently shed light on how the Department of Defense approaches disposition.
Oregon regulators announced they’ve settled a case against e-scrap processor Total Reclaim, centered on the company misleading customers about how devices were being handled. The company had previously acknowledged the settlement.
One of the country’s largest insurers recently purchased an on-site provider of smartphone and tablet repairs.
Two government initiatives looking to energize the lithium-ion battery recycling sector have officially launched, offering prize money to recycling entrepreneurs and a dedicated laboratory to house research projects.
Revenue and earnings for global e-scrap processor Sims Recycling Solutions dropped in the second half of 2018 compared with the same period a year earlier.