A hearing on Pennsylvania’s e-scrap program touched on a legislative proposal to substantially increase manufacturer collection goals as well as alternative solutions to ensure collected material gets recycled.
A hearing on Pennsylvania’s e-scrap program touched on a legislative proposal to substantially increase manufacturer collection goals as well as alternative solutions to ensure collected material gets recycled.
R2 and e-Stewards representatives are challenging the legality of a bill in Illinois that prohibits accrediting organizations from penalizing e-scrap companies if they send CRT glass to storage cells at a landfill.
Illinois legislators are quickly advancing a bill that aims to make it easier for e-scrap companies to send CRT glass to storage cells.
Seattle-based Total Reclaim has admitted to exporting broken, mercury-containing flat panel monitors to Hong Kong after an investigation by the Basel Action Network followed the devices overseas. The company’s long-held e-Stewards certification has been withdrawn for two years as a result.
A recently released export tracking study from the Basel Action Network found that roughly one-third of low-value devices dropped off for recycling in the U.S. ended up outside the country.
Product lightweighting is preventing manufacturers from increasing e-scrap collection volumes in Canada’s most populous province.
A recycling company in upstate New York has been targeted by state officials over allegations of mishandling materials.
Samsung begins selling refurbished phones, and the Zika virus is affecting exports.
CalRecycle makes changes to its e-scrap management program, and why TV manufacturers should consider repair over replacement.
A Chicago suburb makes changes to its e-scrap recycling program, and federal prison funding is affecting electronics recycling in New Mexico.