Yale University researchers estimate 3.5 million metric tons of electronics ended up in U.S. landfills in 2015, significantly higher than government estimates.
A draft European Union law limits traces of a flame retardant in products to such a low level that it would effectively kill e-plastics recycling on the continent, two industry groups said.
Green Tech Solution is developing a recycling facility in Blacksburg, S.C.
A Chinese investment firm is planning a $75 million recycling plant to process e-scrap, plastic and other materials.
ECS Refining’s Silicon Valley location may be purchased by a different processor. Meanwhile, most ECS sites in other states are expected to be cleaned out within a week.
New2U Computers of Sparks, Nev. has achieved R2:2013 certification.
PC Server and Parts of New Hudson, Mich. has achieved R2:2013, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications.
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Insurance providers already sell policies to protect companies that lose data to hackers. A new partnership involving e-scrap processor ERI is offering coverage for data loss from physical devices.
An upcoming federal trial will decide how much General Electric must pay for stymying competition in the repair market for its equipment. A jury previously awarded plaintiffs tens of millions of dollars.
Readers last month were drawn to stories about business openings, closings and sales, from e-scrap companies both huge and small.
An architect’s rendering of the in-progress MCPc facility in Cleveland.
IT logistics firm MCPc is pushing further into the end-of-life device management field and is gearing up to open a large ITAD facility in Cleveland.
Device scavenging is hampering formalized electronics recycling efforts in Europe, and a new study concludes there is little established processors can do to stop it.