Federal researchers have examined an electricity-based processing method that could open doors to more cost-effective and environmentally friendly methods of metals recovery from electronics.
Federal researchers have examined an electricity-based processing method that could open doors to more cost-effective and environmentally friendly methods of metals recovery from electronics.
A smelter owned by metals company Boliden processed 77,000 metric tons of scrap electronics last year, down 6 percent from the year before, according to recently released data.
Gay Gordon-Byrne
In February, a newly minted trade association calling themselves the Security Innovation Council (SIC) put out a study about consumer fears over cyber security risk and their perceptions of repair-related risk. Continue Reading
Right-to-repair legislation has shown up in many state legislatures this year. California is set to be next.
A new Canadian e-plastics processor, CRT troubles, a processor lawsuit and Basel Action Network’s export-tracking project drew readers’ interest last month.
European coalitions representing electronics manufacturers have launched an internet-based information service designed to help processors better recycle devices.
A Singapore leader says the small Southeast Asian country will implement extended producer responsibility for electronics by 2021.
Document Security Services (Div of ORS, Inc.) of Durham, N.C.; Ohio Mobile Shredding of Columbus, Ohio and Shred Monster of Columbus, Neb. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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The European Union will provide funding to help formalize e-scrap recycling in a West African country that has been at the center of heated material export debates.
Total Reclaim was fined by state regulators for storing flat-panel display devices in trailers on Seattle’s Harbor Island.
No longer receiving material from state electronics recycling programs in Washington and Oregon, processor Total Reclaim is attempting to weather recent regulatory hurdles and set its sights on future growth.