Mission Ignite staff performing device refurbishment. | Courtesy of Mission Ignite
With its acquisition of TechReset, Quantum Lifecycle Partners will add staff to its Brampton, Ontario ITAD facility. | Courtesy of Quantum Lifecycle Partners
Two recent actions by Quantum Lifecycle Partners deepen the Canadian processor’s involvement in the reuse business and expand its ITAD customer base.
Researchers are calling for more research into the toxicity and risks of new types of antioxidants that e-scrap workers can become exposed to. | Jared Paben/Resource Recycling, Inc.
E-scrap facility workers are being exposed to new types of synthetic antioxidants used in plastics and rubbers, with unknown health consequences, according to recent research.
Battery recycling firm Nth Cycle recently raised over $12M to fund commercial deployment of the company’s recovery technology. | DAMRONG RATTANAPONG/Shutterstock
As electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery devices become ever-more ubiquitous, battery recyclers are expanding their operations and improving technology. The following are updates on two startups.
Sims Lifecycle Services opened a 100,000-square-foot redeployment facility in Atlanta, as the company pushes further into the business of managing equipment from data centers. | Mikhail Starodubov
Electronics processor Sims Lifecycle Services is expanding both domestically and internationally, opening a new facility in Atlanta and adding several new shredding vehicles to its German fleet.
Republic Services is set to acquire US Ecology, which disposes of significant amounts of leaded CRT glass. | Michael T Hartman/Shutterstock
US Ecology, which recycles and disposes of electronics and their components, is slated for acquisition by the second-largest garbage and recycling hauler in North America.
Apkudo has tripled the number of customers on its platform over the past two years. | David Gyung/Shutterstock
Supply chain automation company Apkudo announced Feb. 8 that it received $14.4 million in financing to continue to develop its connected device platform.