Electronics repair-related bills have been introduced in legislatures across the country, but it’s still too early to know where – or if – they’ll gain traction.
Electronics repair-related bills have been introduced in legislatures across the country, but it’s still too early to know where – or if – they’ll gain traction.
ITAD firm Re-Teck opened its first Dutch location this week, a facility that the company says will bolster its European market reach.
Nova Scotia is banning additional types of electronics from disposal, a move that requires product manufacturers to expand their recycling services under the province’s extended producer responsibility program.
With its integration of upstream shredding and separation systems and downstream refining processes, Colt Refining and Recycling is oriented toward maximizing e-scrap metals recovery.
At a time when falling commodity prices are squeezing profit margins at many e-scrap recycling companies, Commonwealth Computer Recycling has managed to buck the trend.
The Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS) site in Roseville, Calif. is one of the flagship facilities for the international e-scrap recycling company. At more than 200,000 square feet, the facility can process 72 million pounds per year.
Many e-scrap recycling firms target gold and silver but send lower-value plastics elsewhere for disposal or recycling.
Electronics keep getting smaller and lighter, but the Computer Recycling Center keeps boosting diverted weights each year.
When it was founded around the turn of the millennium, Sunnking saw device refurbishment as king.
Tech Dump employs 50 people, many of whom have struggled to find or maintain steady work.
For e-scrap recycling organization Tech Dump, it’s not all about the recycling. It’s also about the people doing the work.