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Four e-scrap companies have issued statements after being tagged by the Basel Action Network for allegedly exporting scrap printers and LCD monitors.
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Four e-scrap companies have issued statements after being tagged by the Basel Action Network for allegedly exporting scrap printers and LCD monitors.
With the value of e-plastics plummeting and a major export market crumbling, North American firms are scrambling to identify ways to manage the material.
Scientists in India are working to refine the process of using microbes to extract metals from printed circuit boards.
A group of Taiwanese developers has unveiled a recycling system to recover glass, indium and liquid crystal from LCD screens.
China’s early adoption of electric vehicle usage means the country is also getting an early look at the next big material in the waste stream: lithium-ion batteries.
Joe Pickard speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been volatile of late. Such uncertainty could continue as China considers limits on taking in some metal grades.
Recent upward price movements for some precious and base metals have made e-scrap recycling executives happy.
The illegal collection of e-scrap has resulted in fines for companies and individuals operating at two sites in Hong Kong’s New Territories area.
A smuggling crackdown in China is causing headaches for U.S. companies that recycle plastics recovered from electronics.
Dell says it has consumed 50 million pounds of post-consumer plastics, including millions of pounds of resin from recovered electronics.