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California labeling bill touches on electronics recyclability

Published: September 16, 2021
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California's capitol building in Sacramento.

California legislators recently approved legislation regulating labeling on plastic packaging, with implications for electronics as well. | Bobkeenan Photography / Shutterstock

California legislation targeting how plastic packaging is labeled also affects recycling labels for consumer electronics, according to industry groups.

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Feds eye industry partners for e-scrap sorting tech

Published: September 16, 2021
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Battery recycling equipment- Argonne National Labratory

A materials separation module used for demonstrations at Argonne National Laboratory, located outside of Chicago. | Courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists at a U.S. Department of Energy lab have developed unique tools that can be used to clean up shredded e-scrap, and they want to demonstrate them to e-scrap processors.

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Apple faces shareholder action targeting repair policy

Published: September 16, 2021
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An Apple shareholder resolution follows a similar effort at Microsoft earlier this year. | Al.geba / Shutterstock

An environment-focused investment firm this month filed a shareholder resolution with Apple, asking the OEM to move away from its “restrictive” product repair policies.

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Battery recycler to build US manufacturing site

Published: September 16, 2021
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Rendering of Redwood Materials facility.

Redwood will announce the site of the company’s U.S. battery manufacturing facility early next year. | Courtesy of Redwood Materials

Battery recycling company Redwood Materials this week announced it will construct a battery production plant in North America.

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CRT cleanup to begin at former DP Electronic Recycling site

Published: September 10, 2021
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CRT television tube on black background.

URT plans to remove the first load of CRT material on Sept. 17 and then haul out three loads a week. | underworld / Shutterstock

Universal Recycling Technologies has been hired to clean up 1.7 million pounds of CRT materials abandoned by a closed Wisconsin e-scrap company.

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Pacific Northwest processor opens new facility

Published: September 10, 2021
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E-scrap for recycling.

With a Sept. 7 facility opening in Spokane Valley, Wash., Total Reclaim now has five locations. | Koy Hipster / Shutterstock

A new Total Reclaim e-scrap plant in eastern Washington will dismantle and aggregate a variety of equipment types before shipping material to Seattle for further processing, according to the company.

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