TRY ITAD facility in Zama, Japan. | Photo courtesy of CSI Leasing.
CSI Leasing, a global firm that owns recycling and electronics processing facilities throughout the world including EPC, has increased its stake in TRY Corporation, an ITAD operation near Tokyo. Continue Reading
With its latest acquisition, CSI Leasing advances its goal of “building global strategic alliances.” | Damrong Rattanapong/Shutterstock
The owner of EPC purchased an ITAD company in Malaysia to expand its capacity in Asia by 15,000 assets annually and take on more medium and large enterprise contracts. Continue Reading
A session at the ISRI Convention in Nashville, Tenn. featured (from left) moderator Jacqueline Lotzkar, Zhang Lin and Robin Cai. | Dan Leif/E-Scrap News
Last week’s Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Convention put a focus on two issues critical to the global side of the sector: the state of recycling in China and efforts to enhance shipping protocols. Continue Reading
A view of Mitsubishi Materials’ Naoshima Smelter and Refinery on Naoshima Island in Japan. | Courtesy of Mitsubishi Materials
Metals producer Mitsubishi Materials purchased a stake in a startup working to build a smelter in Indiana. Meanwhile, the company unveiled plans to substantially increase its e-scrap recycling capacity in Japan. Continue Reading
The president of eGreen IT Solutions, Karin Harris, argues that her company should have been alerted after BAN determined it sent a printer to an unapproved immediate downstream processor. | KG Design/Shutterstock
Arizona-based eGreen IT Solutions was stripped of its e-Stewards certification after GPS trackers showed overseas printer shipments. The company says it did not “knowingly” break rules. Continue Reading
Hong Kong courts convicted seven importers of illegally bringing in e-scrap from several countries. The U.S. was on the list of exporting countries.
Operators of Hong Kong’s massive new electronics and appliance recycling plant have released video footage and photos showing the facility’s scale and technology.
E-scrap collectors in Ghana check collected phones. | Courtesy of Closing the Loop
Mobile phone buyers in Japan will help finance African e-scrap collection and recycling, under a new partnership between FCNT, Dutch company Closing the Loop and Japanese trading giant ITOCHU.
A U.K. telecom works to provide needy people with used phones, and Indian authorities intercept thousands of illegally imported used copy machines.
A bill limiting exports of scrap electronics has been reintroduced in Congress, after it failed to advance in 2016.