The owner of a closed CRT glass processing company has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and hazardous waste charges.
The owner of a closed CRT glass processing company has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and hazardous waste charges.
Electronics repair advocates are speaking in defense of a refurb executive sentenced to prison for illegally copying Microsoft software.
A much-publicized legal battle over the limits of copyright when it comes to computer refurbishment appears to have reached a conclusion, with a California e-scrap operator headed to prison.
An appeals court has ruled against Vizio in a case over how Connecticut’s state program calculates the recycling fee it charges manufacturers.
The Home Depot will pay nearly $28 million in a California settlement involving disposal of e-scrap, batteries, household hazardous waste and intact customer information.
Property owners spent millions of dollars cleaning up CRT storage sites left behind by Creative Recycling Systems. But E-Scrap News has learned much of the glass went to companies that ultimately failed and abandoned stockpiles of their own.
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An e-scrap company is accusing a Sprint subsidiary of failing to follow through on a supplier contract. The processor is asking for roughly $1.7 million in damages.
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Organized criminals have laundered scrap electronics through North Korea before they were shipped to China for recycling, according to a news report.
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Attorneys have asked a federal judge to temporarily halt Apple’s iPhone battery recycling program, claiming the company could be destroying critical evidence in a lawsuit.
State officials are suing an Iowa electronics recycling operation accused of stockpiling and improperly managing millions of pounds of CRTs.