New York state officials will dip into an environmental fund to pay half of the e-scrap recycling expenses incurred each year by counties.
New York state officials will dip into an environmental fund to pay half of the e-scrap recycling expenses incurred each year by counties.
New York’s e-scrap collections were down about 3 percent in 2014, while Wisconsin saw an 18 percent drop. At the same time, multiple state environment departments have recommended changes to their extended producer responsibility laws for electronics recycling.
The Canadian province of Saskatchewan is asking local governments and electronics recycling stakeholders whether appliances, toys and other items should be added to the jurisdiction’s extended producer responsibility program. Continue Reading
New York state will provide a temporary injection of money to help local governments manage e-scrap collections and recycling.
An Indiana newspaper urges lawmakers to address a lack of rural collection opportunities, and costs to recycle electronics are going up for residents in one upper Midwest municipality.
Spain prepares to implement its electronics reuse targets, and activists in Bangladesh urge the government to address the issue of electronics disposal.
Kenya becomes the first African country to pass a law directing flows of e-scrap, and an Aussie stewardship group reaches out to the country’s business community.
A nonprofit group buys California-based Isidore Electronics Recycling, and two lawmakers think 2017 may be the year a “right to repair” bill passes in Minnesota.
Long lines fail to deter residents from participating in a collection event, and one community sets up curbside e-scrap collections.
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Washington’s collection numbers continue their downward trend, and curbside e-scrap collection comes to an end in a South Carolina community.