The president of nationwide electronics recycling company URT shares lessons he’s learned about doing business honestly in the e-scrap world. | weedezign/Shutterstock
The president of nationwide electronics recycling company URT shares lessons he’s learned about doing business honestly in the e-scrap world. | weedezign/Shutterstock
Two new settlements totaling over $500,000 are the latest in the Closed Loop Refining CRT cleanup case. | corgarashu/Shutterstock
Two New England e-scrap recycling companies have agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to help fund CRT cleanups at former Closed Loop Refining and Recovery warehouses in Ohio.
Wisetek’s 42,000-square-foot facility in Northborough, Mass. will provide an array of electronics recycling and refurbishment services. | Veja/Shutterstock
A facility in Massachusetts marked U.S. location number four for global ITAD company Wisetek.
Device trade-in processes could be improved to capture more of the 550 million devices estimated to be in U.S. homes. | kronikarz.com/Shutterstock
A survey from one industry company finds U.S. consumers would trade in more used mobile phones if there was a price guarantee and better customer service in general.
A number of analysts suggest that a drop in copper prices could be a signal of a more widespread economic slowdown. | Flegere/Shutterstock
The price of copper has taken a tumble lately, driven by anxieties over slowing economic activity globally.
E-scrap shredding operations are taking place at evTerra’s Atlanta facility, but several other facilities are in the works. | Courtesy of Igneo
E-scrap firm evTerra has plans to soon be running four plants across the U.S., part of a strategy to ensure a steady stream of material to the Igneo secondary smelter slated for Savannah, Ga.
New e-scrap export oversight regulations will mean changes for e-scrap processors who ship overseas. | mayday6510/Shutterstock
The director of the Basel Action Network shared his thoughts in a recent webinar on an amendment to the Basel Convention and outlined what he sees as the next steps, including digitizing the prior informed consent procedure.
Installing Windows on refurbished computers is quicker thanks to a new software tool. | Lukmanazis/Shutterstock
A recently launched software system simplifies the process of buying and installing Windows operating systems on refurbished computers.