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Reverse logistics firm acquires e-scrap processor

Published: September 10, 2021
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Rebranded as Green Wave Electronics, the combined business will expand into new e-scrap collection markets. | Blue Planet Studio / Shutterstock

Atlanta-based QGistix recently purchased Green Wave Computer Recycling, an Indianapolis recycler, and will rebrand as Green Wave Electronics.

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Battery recycling firm to build Alabama processing plant

Published: September 10, 2021
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Li-Cycle’s Alabama facility has an initial planned capacity of about 5,500 short tons of lithium-ion batteries per year. | Sergii Chernov / Shutterstock

Li-Cycle will site a lithium-ion battery facility in Tuscaloosa, Ala., the latest node in the company’s planned hub-and-spoke model for recycling batteries in North America.

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Sims expands into Mexico with new facility

Published: September 2, 2021
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Sims Lifecycle Services recently opened an IT asset disposition facility in Guadalajara, Mexico. | Courtesy of Sims Lifecycle Services

Sims Lifecycle Services has opened a processing center in Mexico, where the company has seen growing demand for ITAD and data center decommissioning services.

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Lawmakers update Wisconsin’s e-scrap law

Published: September 2, 2021
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A bill signed into law last month makes a number of changes to Wisconsin’s 11-year-old EPR law for electronics. | Sean Pavone / Shutterstock

Under a recently signed bill, all K-12 schools in Wisconsin will be able to recycle e-scrap through the state’s extended producer responsibility program.

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E-scrap metal notches record high value

Published: September 2, 2021
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Aluminum is one of the metals e-scrap companies recover from electronics, in addition to precious metals, copper and steel. | ST House Studio / Shutterstock

Aluminum prices have climbed to their highest levels in over a decade, providing a boost for processors extracting the non-ferrous metal from scrap electronics.

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Our top stories from August 2021

Published: September 2, 2021
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Details on the vendor involved in the Morgan Stanley data mismanagement case drew attention last month. | Mr. Tempter / Shutterstock

E-Scrap News readers last month were drawn to the latest revelations in a high-profile data mismanagement case, as well as articles about battery fires, processor profits, labor markets and shredding line improvements.

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E-scrap facility damaged in ‘catastrophic’ fire

Published: September 2, 2021
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CORRecycling noted that no one was seriously injured in the recent facility blaze because most employees had already left for the day. | somsak-suwanput / Shutterstock

Colorado processor CORRecycling suffered a fire at its Grand Junction facility last week, and the company has temporarily closed its doors.

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