Bills that mandate OEMs to release information and tools to ease electronics refurbishment have been introduced in legislatures across the country, but most of the proposals have struggled to gain traction.
Bills that mandate OEMs to release information and tools to ease electronics refurbishment have been introduced in legislatures across the country, but most of the proposals have struggled to gain traction.
A major OEM, a reverse logistics firm and a hard drive manufacturer are recovering rare earth magnets from end-of-life hard drives and shipping the metals for new hard drive production.
A handful of electronics recycling stakeholders weighed in on a federal proposal to ban certain e-scrap exports and require stringent tracking for others. Their comments were published this week.
In new court filings seeking cleanup funds, two warehouse owners have named over 40 e-scrap companies they say contributed to what became the largest CRT glass stockpile in U.S. history. The landlords invoke Superfund law in their suits.
With over two dozen e-scrap laws around the country, it can be hard to keep up with their unique requirements. An industry group now provides a single resource covering all the intricacies.
Readers were drawn to a variety of stories last month, including those covering a CRT cleanup, rare earths, e-plastics and a proposed export ban.
Several of the most popular older Apple iPhone models may be losing favor among consumers, an analysis suggests.
Pulsed electricity has proven a powerful tool in separating e-scrap into clean material streams, according to recent findings from a Japanese university.
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International says nearly 500 comments were submitted on the draft update to the R2 certification standard.
AMS Store and Shred of Lake In The Hills, Ill.; Arizona Product Destruction of Phoenix; Asia Data Destruction of Bangkok; Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations of Onalaska, Wis.; Maxxum of Rush City, Minn.; Northwest Shredders of Woodward, Okla.; Reed Records Management of Wooster, Ohio; Shred 360 of Tampa, Fla.; Shred Doc Destr dba Balcones Shred of Dallas; Sugar House Archives & Shred of Salt Lake City; Sustainable Services of Texarkana, Texas; Synetic Technologies of Kansas City, Mo. and Wasteco – Dixie Recycling Centre of Mississauga, Ontario have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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