Tech Dump is rolling out what it describes as the only national mail-in recycling program that’s owned and operated by a social enterprise.
Tech Dump is rolling out what it describes as the only national mail-in recycling program that’s owned and operated by a social enterprise.
In Uganda, end-of-life cell phones are collected before being shipped for recycling.
Tech companies are seeing boosted demand for environmental leadership, and e-scrap management concerns continue to mark developing countries. An enterprise in Europe is working to help out on both fronts.
When CompuCycle leaders looked at automating the company’s e-scrap processing, they realized there was no point in reinventing a well-functioning wheel. Colt Recycling, which has done business with CompuCycle, was already successfully using a custom-designed shredding and separation system in New Hampshire.
Shredding, sorting and processing machinery that was used by shuttered processor ECS Refining is being sold via an online auction.
Best Buy, Dell and Xerox were among the equipment manufacturers honored by the federal government for their electronics sustainability efforts.
A recently released document from Sustainable Electronics Recycling International lays out corrective actions that will be taken when the organization discovers R2 audits weren’t performed correctly.
Articles touching on the global nature of the e-scrap business and exploring what’s on the horizon for the industry drew readers’ attention last month.
A processor will expand its headquarters, bringing additional inventory storage space and consolidating its Arizona processing operations in a single location.
EWASTE+ of Victor, N.Y. has become the first company to achieve NAID AAA certification for solid state device (SSD) sanitization and destruction.
Horizon Technology of Lake Forest, Calif. has achieved R2:2013 certification.
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Workers at the Mesquite, Texas ECS Refining facility.
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