A recent decision by the Chinese government to more intensely inspect imported shipments of e-scrap and other recovered materials is here to stay, according to one international trade expert.
A recent decision by the Chinese government to more intensely inspect imported shipments of e-scrap and other recovered materials is here to stay, according to one international trade expert.
Residents fear a local government e-scrap collection program will harm charities, and recycling professionals describe the routes they took into the industry.
An automated LCD disassembly machine is gearing up to be presented to the public after several years in development.
An Amazon personal assistant device is graded on its repairability, and a refurbished version of Samsung’s notorious overheating phone returns to the market in South Korea.
On average, popular phones, tablets and laptops are relatively easy to fix, but the market may be trending toward less repairable designs, a recent analysis found.
After receiving $400,000 from the federal government, a New York company is developing a mechanical system that could help e-scrap companies handle printed circuit boards more profitably.
Readers last month gravitated toward negative news, with the largest number of clicks going to stories about a fake R2 certificate, a 15-month prison sentence and industry bankruptcies.
Australia’s largest city considers curbside e-scrap pickups, and a Hong Kong court sentences a man to jail for e-scrap storage law violations.
Oregon regulators have fined Total Reclaim more than $160,000 for allegedly violating hazardous waste laws, but the e-scrap processor denies the allegations and has appealed the penalty.
Chesapeake Paper Systems of Baltimore; Rogue Shred of White City, Ore.; Secure Records Management Systems of Sanford, Maine; Secure Shredding and Recycling of Baton Rouge, La.; Super Save Shredding of Surrey, British Columbia and The Shredding Company of Walkersville, Md. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Also, Guardian Data Destruction of South Hackensack, N.J. and HiTech Assets of Oklahoma City have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for computer hard drive sanitization as well as physical destruction of hard drives.
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