The world’s two largest smartphone brands, Samsung and Apple, shipped fewer devices in 2016 than one year earlier. Continue Reading
The world’s two largest smartphone brands, Samsung and Apple, shipped fewer devices in 2016 than one year earlier. Continue Reading
Chinese customs authorities announced a crackdown on illegal imports of scrap electronics and other materials.
China’s recent crackdown on imports of e-scrap and other materials has exposed smuggling operations, led to dozens of arrests and resulted in the confiscation of more than 22,000 tons of material.
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.
A recent decision by the Chinese government to more intensely inspect imported shipments of e-scrap and other recovered materials is here to stay, according to one international trade expert.
An e-scrap startup reflects on its first half-decade, and a Filipino writer cautions lawmakers to adopt e-scrap legislation in the interest of public health.
Nigel Mattravers
Legislation and technologies have led to more formalized e-scrap processing in China and Hong Kong, experts meeting in Macau said recently. But key challenges remain, particularly in China’s new electronics take-back program.
An electronics reuse and recycling company CEO has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for his role in an effort to copy, import and sell counterfeit Microsoft software.
The Basel Action Network has released a follow-up report to its e-scrap tracking study, detailing which firms handled material that was ultimately exported.