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Pollution issues threaten Glencore smelter in Canada

Published: October 12, 2022
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Glencore's Horne smelter aerial view.

Glencore’s Horne smelter is facing public concerns over air pollution. | Courtesy of Glencore

The top government official in Quebec suggested public concerns over air pollution could lead the province to close Glencore’s Horne smelting site, a key downstream for North America’s e-scrap.

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Research firm: Global computer sales decline by about one-fifth

Published: October 12, 2022
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Gartner tallied 68 million computers were shipped globally for sale in the third quarter, which marked the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines. | KenSoftTH/Shutterstock

Worldwide shipments of PCs in the third quarter were down by nearly 20% year over year, according to a Gartner analysis, the steepest decline in decades.

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Companies take different paths to address e-plastics

Published: October 5, 2022
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Attendees listen to speakers at the 2022 E-Scrap Conference.

An e-plastics focused session at the 2022 E-Scrap Conference brought attendees perspectives from domestic processors. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling, Inc.

Two businesses with unique approaches to meeting the goal of domestically processing e-plastics shared their plans at the 2022 E-Scrap Conference.

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OEM, processor agree to settle in CRT case

Published: October 5, 2022
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Sony and EWASTE+ join a group of companies that have settled in court regarding CRT cleanup costs in the Closed Loop case. | Aerial Mike/Shutterstock

Sony Electronics and EWASTE+ agreed to pay a combined $2.4 million to end their years-long entanglement in a lawsuit over CRT materials abandoned in Ohio.

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Processor to track inventory via AI-powered vision system

Published: October 5, 2022
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The IntelSight X system from Neatco Engineering Services.

The IntelSight X system can help electronics and reuse companies reduce labor needs in inventory management. | Courtesy of Neatco Engineering Services

An Ontario tech firm has developed an artificial intelligence-driven system that a Canadian electronics recycling and reuse company will use to identify and catalog incoming devices, the system developers said.

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Our top stories from September 2022

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Presenters on stage at the 2022 E-Scrap Conference.

Our coverage of the first day of the 2022 E-Scrap Conference was of interest to readers last month. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling, Inc.

The expansion of California’s e-scrap program, an ITAD company joining Apple’s business accelerator program and other news drew our readers’ attention last month.

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