Last year, in the pages of E-Scrap News, the Basel Action Network (BAN) called out a growing trend of waste trade denial. Josh Lepawsky, co-author of a study we critiqued for diminishing the significance of e-waste export from developed to developing countries, responded in the December 2015 E-Scrap News magazine with a critique of his own.
Best Buy’s recent announcement that it can no longer offer its customers free television and monitor recycling is sending shock waves through the electronics recycling industry and advocacy community. What can we learn from this turn of events?
This story originally appeared in the December 2015 issue of E-Scrap News.
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This story originally appeared in the March 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.
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This story originally appeared in the March 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.
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This story originally appeared in the March 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.
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The Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA) is just the latest attempt to enact unnecessary legislation to restrict the export of used electronic products.
This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.
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This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.
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The current drive to recycle or repurpose CRT glass is leading the e-scrap industry into uncharted territory. CRT glass has lost its marketability and, with that, the e-scrap industry has lost its answer for the recycling of the CRTs.
