As many in electronics recycling and reuse take a breather around Independence Day this week, we thought the time was right to look at the developments that have most caught the attention of readers thus far this year.
As many in electronics recycling and reuse take a breather around Independence Day this week, we thought the time was right to look at the developments that have most caught the attention of readers thus far this year.
One of the nation’s largest e-scrap processors has filed for bankruptcy, a move the company’s CEO described as a strategy to avoid being taken over by an investment partner.
Sellers of scrap circuit boards have seen lower price quotes in recent weeks.
A project in Europe seeks to scale up a new technique for recovering metals from printed circuit boards and other electronic components.
A large online electronics retailer has partnered with IT asset disposition company PlanITROI to launch an electronics take-back program.
Pathum Thani/Thailand- June 8, 2018: The Royal Thai Police investigating an e-scrap facility in Thailand.
The owner of a Thai e-scrap facility that was visited by police last month denies illegal activities were occurring at the location.
The government of Thailand has banned all e-scrap from entering its ports, amid a major increase in shipments to the country.
As Oregon E-Cycles approaches its 10th birthday, E-Scrap News took a look at how one of the country’s more mature state programs is performing.
3N Document Destruction of Clifton Park, N.Y.; RW Lone Star Security of Temple, Texas; Shred-South of Statesville, N.C.; and Shred-X Secure Destruction of Welshpool, Western Australia have achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Chris Brandt of BAN’s EarthEye program installing a tracker in a printer. Copyright BAN.
The Basel Action Network has launched a commercial tracking service to monitor e-scrap flows, and its first customer is an OEM that was lambasted by the watchdog group over exports two years ago.