California officials are inviting industry players to participate in a survey regarding possible changes to the state’s e-scrap recycling program.
California officials are inviting industry players to participate in a survey regarding possible changes to the state’s e-scrap recycling program.
California e-scrap processing firm Arrow Recovery received an approval to build what would be its first metals refining operation.
The owners of Dollar General stores will pay more than $1 million to settle charges that the company sent scrap electronics, batteries and other materials to landfills not permitted to receive them.
Markets and regulations are forcing companies active in the nation’s largest state electronics recycling program to landfill CRT glass. The move is legal, but it’s raising difficult questions for the many processors that have publicly vowed to avoid disposal.
Nationwide retailer Big Lots will pay millions of dollars to settle accusations that it improperly landfilled electronics and hazardous waste.
What does the future hold for California’s e-scrap recycling program? Stakeholders were recently polled on different possibilities, and respondents were divided on issues such as landfill ban proposals and whether or not to continue the state’s unique consumer-fee strategy.
CalRecycle makes changes to its e-scrap management program, and why TV manufacturers should consider repair over replacement.
Firms active in California’s electronics recycling program increasingly turned to landfill disposal for CRT material in 2016.
California will boost the sums consumers pay when they buy new display devices, ensuring the solvency of a state fund backing e-scrap recycling.
California’s e-waste recycling program has reached a new milestone: Since the legislation establishing the program became law six years ago, it has recycled its 1 billionth pound of obsolete electronics.