The federal government provided $96,000 to a New York company to design production-scale equipment to remove integrated circuits and components from printed circuit boards. Continue Reading
The federal government provided $96,000 to a New York company to design production-scale equipment to remove integrated circuits and components from printed circuit boards. Continue Reading
As the industry continues to grapple with collecting and recycling lead-heavy CRT televisions, a facility in the U.K. has become the first of its kind to mechanically recycle the successor to the CRT, flat panel televisions. Continue Reading
New estimates on the time it takes for a flat-panel display TV to enter the U.K. waste stream have been released. Continue Reading
Flat-panel display processor 3S International has closed its operations in Illinois and Michigan and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with hopes of reorganizing the company. Continue Reading
The chairman and principal investor of 3S International says the processing company’s future is bright, despite a recent filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Continue Reading
An e-scrap startup reflects on its first half-decade, and a Filipino writer cautions lawmakers to adopt e-scrap legislation in the interest of public health.
Global Environmental Services filed for bankruptcy in recent months and has since been accused of leaving a wake of CRTs and piles of processed glass in Kentucky and Texas.
With financial and regulatory pressure mounting, Closed Loop Refining and Recovery is on the brink of closing and leaving more than 90 million pounds of stockpiled CRT material in its wake.
At the time of Closed Loop Refining and Recovery’s closure earlier this year, more than 50 million pounds of leaded CRT glass were stockpiled at company sites around Phoenix. Continue Reading
Legislation and technologies have led to more formalized e-scrap processing in China and Hong Kong, experts meeting in Macau said recently. But key challenges remain, particularly in China’s new electronics take-back program.