The recovery rate for consumer electronics in the U.S. jumped sharply in 2013, but it’s unclear whether more robust data accounts for the uptick, a newly released U.S. EPA report states.
The recovery rate for consumer electronics in the U.S. jumped sharply in 2013, but it’s unclear whether more robust data accounts for the uptick, a newly released U.S. EPA report states.
Vizio has sued the head of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection over an e-scrap law it says unfairly burdens the TV manufacturer.
A bill that’s passed through North Carolina’s Senate would repeal the state’s electronics recycling program.
In a move bound to have ripple effects throughout the industry, a pillar of the e-scrap world has announced major closings in Canada and the U.K.
Automated retail company Outerwall, formerly Coinstar, has announced it will acquire kiosk-based electronic buy-back company ecoATM for $350 million in cash.
Want evidence of how difficult it is to craft effective statewide laws for the rapidly evolving e-scrap landscape? Just look to New Jersey and the collection quagmire that’s unfolded there.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries unveiled the results of a comprehensive survey of the U.S. electronics recycling industry at the 2011 E-Scrap Conference held in Orlando, Florida.
A handful of Congress members are taking another stab at better controlling the stream of e-scrap being exported out of the U.S. to developing countries. The measure has the support of some large electronic manufacturers and environmental groups, but one recycling trade organization remains skeptical.
Coming off a year of record battery collections, Call2Recycle is now looking to expand consumer take-back points and move into more markets.
Sims Recycling Solutions plans to close its processing site outside Baltimore following the loss of a sizable contract to handle devices from U.S. military branches.