Snarls in global supply chains are impacting recycling equipment providers and MRF operators in a number of ways. | BaanTaksinStudio/Shutterstock
E-scrap processors and other recycling stakeholders are feeling the pressure of extended lead times for machinery components, forcing them to adapt to yet another pandemic-related market phenomenon.
Call2Recycle is offering a bulk collection service for battery recycling called OneDrum. | Courtesy of Call2Recycle
ERI facilities in California and Indiana will sort and ship out used batteries as part of a nationwide mixed-battery collection program from stewardship organization Call2Recycle.
Since Wisconsin’s electronics recycling law took effect in 2010, the DNR has conducted six statewide household recycling surveys. | Courtesy of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Fewer devices were sitting unused in Wisconsin homes in 2021 than three years prior, a report found.
Google will work with iFixit to offer repair parts for nearly all Pixel phones. | Deutschlandreform/Shutterstock
Google is rolling out home repair kits for nearly all its Pixel phones as part of a collaboration with iFixit.
Wearwell has released an industrial platform with 100% post-consumer PP tiles that workers walk and stand on. | Courtesy of Wearwell
Smyrna, Tenn.-based manufacturer Wearwell developed a platform for workers, allowing them to avoid tripping hazards and elevating them up to the level of equipment they’re working on. And the product itself is made from recycled plastic.
E-scrap program officials in Hawaii County, which encompasses the state’s Big Island, say a redesigned collection program will be rolled out sometime after July 1, 2022. | Alicia Fdez/Shutterstock
E-scrap collection on the Big Island of Hawaii is suspended due to a lack of funds, but the program will be redesigned and opened again later this year.
The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently:
Chun Yang International (HK) of Hong Kong, China; Dataknox Solutions of Newark, Calif.; Ecotronix Recycling of Carol Stream, Ill.; eWorks Electronic Services of Freeport, N.Y.; GER Solutions of Allentown, Pa.; Jada Green (dba Cellit Green) of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Norris Technologies of Coahuila, Mexico; Reboot Tech of City of Industry, Calif.; Smart Metals Recycling (dba Sprout) locations in Garland, Texas, Statesville, N.C. and Taunton, Mass.; SMR Asset Recovery (dba Sprout) of Woodland, Calif.; Southern Environmental Solutions of the Carolinas of Chesterfield, S.C.; Startouch Trading of Lincoln Park, Mich.; and TES-AMM Espana Asset Recovery and Recycling of Madrid.
After completing successful audits, the organizations listed below achieved one or more of these NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction of hard drives, physical destruction of solid state devices, over-writing or degaussing of physical hard drives, over-writing of solid state devices.
Beacon Secure of Tucson, Ariz.; California Electronic Asset Recovery of Mather, Calif.; Corporate Records Management of Dallas; DocuBit of Lancaster, Ky.; Easter Seals (dba EnviroShred) of East Hartford, Conn.; Human-I-T of Detroit; Metro Record Storage and Shredding of Bakersfield, Calif.; Paper Storm of Pillager, Minn.; Stonehouse Data Solutions of Powell, Wyo.; and Valley Green Shredding of Westfield, Mass.
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