Whether you operate a small shredding operation or a larger e-scrap processing facility, safety must be a priority. The subject of safety was explored at an E-Scrap Academy session during E-Scrap 2016 in New Orleans last month.
Whether you operate a small shredding operation or a larger e-scrap processing facility, safety must be a priority. The subject of safety was explored at an E-Scrap Academy session during E-Scrap 2016 in New Orleans last month.
Global Environmental Services filed for bankruptcy in recent months and has since been accused of leaving a wake of CRTs and piles of processed glass in Kentucky and Texas.
CRT glass at Closed Loop’s S 59th. Ave site in Phoenix.
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With financial and regulatory pressure mounting, Closed Loop Refining and Recovery is on the brink of closing and leaving more than 90 million pounds of stockpiled CRT material in its wake.
At the time of Closed Loop Refining and Recovery’s closure earlier this year, more than 50 million pounds of leaded CRT glass were stockpiled at company sites around Phoenix. Continue Reading
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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.
Universal Recycling Technologies has reached a settlement with the state of New Hampshire over hazardous waste violations identified in 2012.
The U.S. EPA developed its 2006 rule on CRT management to help divert the lead-containing glass away from disposal and toward recycling. But a decade later, with the value of recovered glass a negative, the U.S. continues to see high-profile instances in which recycling isn’t occurring.
E-scrap processing company Regency Technologies has closed its CRT dismantling operation. At the same time, it has opened two electronics recycling facilities in the Southeast.
United Nations University has released a report on the problems associated with leaded glass from CRTs. The study specifically addresses disposal and recycling options and whether the leaded glass can replace raw materials.
Apple recovered around 61 million pounds of e-scrap in 2015, according to the company. Continue Reading