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Our top stories from August 2022

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Massive fire at Interco Trading.

A major fire at e-scrap processor Interco Trading caught attention last month. | Courtesy of Madison County, Ill. Emergency Management Agency

A mining and refining company’s acquisition of a Canadian e-scrap processor, a major fire at a Midwest recycling site and other news drew our readers’ clicks last month.

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How a county-processor contract addresses equity

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TechDump employee at work tearing down a device.

Repowered, formerly known as Tech Dump, has secured an electronics recycling and repair contract with Ramsey County, Minn., which includes the city of St. Paul. | Courtesy of Repowered

A Twin Cities-area processor won an electronics recycling and repair contract with the second largest county in Minnesota, a deal that comes as the company undergoes a rebrand.

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Reseller faces allegations of violating e-Stewards standards

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Laptop courtesy of WT World Trading

A laptop that WT World Trading claims Tech-Resale shipped to it in the United Arab Emirates. | Courtesy of WT World Trading

The e-Stewards certification program has blacklisted Tech-Resale for at least two years, concluding that the electronics reseller violated several of the standard’s requirements.

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Interpol reports link between organized crime, pollution crime

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Interpol researchers aimed to discover whether organized pollution crime is a global or localized phenomenon. | Poetra.RH/Shutterstock

A report from Interpol aimed to fill in gaps in knowledge on the link between pollution crime and organized crime, digging into 27 pollution crime case studies that averaged profits of $19.6 million per case for those involved, including electronics falsely labeled as ready for resale. 

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