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BAN sounds alarm over illegal furnace dust shipment

Published: August 14, 2024
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According to the Basel Action Network, there’s an estimated 816 metric tons of toxic furnace dust illegally in transit from Albania to Thailand. | donvictorio/Shutterstock

The Basel Action Network alerted Thai and South African regulators to the possibility of illegal shipments containing toxic electric arc steel furnace dust collected from pollution control filters in Albania. 

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Investment firm acquires Phoenix-based recycler

Published: August 14, 2024
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Global Electronics Recycling brings experience handling solar panels to Tide Rock’s existing portfolio company, Full Circle Electronics. | lccarvalho/Shutterstock

Private equity firm Tide Rock Holdings has acquired Phoenix-based Global Electronics Recycling. The acquisition will help add customers in the aerospace and defense sectors as GER integrates with previous acquisition Full Circle Electronics, the latter company’s CEO said in an interview. 

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Iron Mountain: Component prices continue to rebound

Published: August 8, 2024
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Iron Mountain reported data center decommissioning activities are increasing in demand, largely attributed to the rise of AI services requiring refreshes to bring in state-of-the-art equipment. | Bandersnatch/Shutterstock

Major ITAD provider Iron Mountain reported second-quarter revenue growth of 30% over the prior year, which company leaders attributed to higher business volume and improved used component pricing. Continue Reading

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Colt Recycling expands with new Texas site

Published: August 8, 2024
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The June 2023 acquisition by global metals company Elemental paved the way for Colt Recycling’s fourth U.S. site, and CEO Jim Maher expects the affiliation to help gain share in the large Texas market. | Courtesy of Colt Recycling

New Hampshire-headquartered Colt Recycling is in the process of starting up its fourth electronics processing facility, located in San Marcos, Texas. Continue Reading

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ERI adds alkaline battery recycling to service offerings

Published: August 8, 2024
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The battery recycling plant has a capacity of millions of pounds of alkaline batteries per year. | Kinek00/Shutterstock

E-scrap processor ERI is getting into the alkaline battery recycling business, opening a new space to process these materials at its 315,000-square-foot electronics recycling and ITAD facility in Plainfield, Indiana.  Continue Reading

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