TERRA provides a mail-in collection service that moves e-scrap to multiple processors around the U.S. | Joni Hanebutt/Shutterstock.com
A Nebraska e-scrap company has become the fourth processor to take part in an initiative from TERRA that now covers portions of 13 states.
DSNY’s curbside e-scrap collection is now available to all residents in the Bronx. | Felix Mizioznikov/Shutterstock
New York City’s curbside e-scrap program has grown to serve additional areas of the nation’s largest metropolis.
Grant money will be used to fund drop-off locations and collection events. | Bennian/Shutterstock
The state of Michigan awarded $270,000 in grants to support electronics recycling in sparsely populated areas.
Grant money will fund a portable hard drive shredder for Comprenew’s U.P. location in Marquette, Mich. | Courtesy of Comprenew.
The state of Michigan will help fund the expansion of e-scrap collections in the Upper Peninsula, a broad area where dumping of used electronics has been a problem.
A device buy-back company has installed self-service stations at more than a dozen New York City locations.
Communities that want to offer home pick-up of end-of-life electronics must overcome a number of challenges. Bureaucracy, it seems, is one of them.
The recycling rate for electronics and electrical appliances increased in the European Union in 2016, new figures show.
A Kansas nonprofit e-scrap operator has closed its doors, citing dwindling device collections.
Primarily known for its curbside recyclables collection and sorting services, Waste Management is also a player in the e-scrap world, and its collection tonnage is on the rise.
Tech Dump is rolling out what it describes as the only national mail-in recycling program that’s owned and operated by a social enterprise.