Surely, the future of electronics recycling was not the top thing on Donald Trump’s mind when he crafted his recent federal budget proposal.
Surely, the future of electronics recycling was not the top thing on Donald Trump’s mind when he crafted his recent federal budget proposal.
A Michigan e-scrap broker is facing up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 after pleading guilty to smuggling CRTs and other used electronics abroad.
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Apple’s earbuds get a zero on the repairability scale, and scrap writer Adam Minter is planning another book.
Nulife Glass has not yet heard from state officials on whether millions of pounds of leaded CRT material will be considered hazardous waste.
Minnesota made significant changes to its e-scrap program. However, its neighbor Wisconsin failed to pass major updates. Those are just two notes in our look at six action-packed months in state-level policy.
Companies participating in California’s e-scrap program have been frequently resorting to CRT glass disposal in 2016, and that trend is likely to continue as question marks swirl around the status of a glass-to-glass recycling operation in India.
Nulife Glass succeeded in getting a CRT glass smelting furnace up and running in New York but is now fighting with Pennsylvania regulators who say it is stockpiling material. State officials assert Nulife has speculatively accumulated 17 million pounds of CRT material in four warehouses in Pennsylvania.
California presses felony charges over an e-scrap company’s alleged violations of hazardous waste laws, and communities in New Jersey and Wisconsin reduce or eliminate collections because of costs.
A bill in California opens up recycling pathways for panel glass from CRTs by allowing barium levels to exceed current state limits.