A photo from consulting firm AECOM shows a view inside of 1655 Watkins Road in 2015, when Closed Loop still operated in the space.
E-scrap company Novotec will be paid up to $14 million to recycle or dispose of over 128 million pounds of CRT materials at former Closed Loop Refining and Recovery warehouses in Ohio, newly released documents show.
Charging documents state that as of November 2016, 5R Processors had accumulated and stored over 8 million pounds of leaded CRT glass across multiple sites. | Valery Evlakhov/Shutterstock
Leaders of a Wisconsin e-scrap processor last month were charged with violating federal regulations covering the storage and transportation of CRT glass. The defendants signed plea deals in the case.
American Retroworks shipped over 2.5 million pounds to Closed Loop between May 2012 and January 2014, halting shipments before most of the other defendants did. | mojo cp/Shutterstock
Another e-scrap processor that sent CRT glass to Closed Loop Refining and Recovery has agreed to settle its legal fight with landlords.
A former U.S. e-scrap executive pleads not guilty to federal charges related to business practices, and an infamous scrap site in Ghana grabs more headlines.
E-scrap company eCycleSecure shipped over 7 million pounds of CRT materials to Closed Loop in Columbus, Ohio. | underworld/Shutterstock
A $900,000 settlement has been reached in the lawsuit over Closed Loop Refining and Recovery’s abandoned CRT materials in Ohio, the largest agreement yet.
Data shows that the total pounds processed through California’s electronics recycling program have been falling since 2012. | Boonchuay1970/Shutterstock
This article has been corrected.
Over the past three years, fewer of California’s CRTs are going directly to hazardous waste landfills and more are flowing through intermediate glass processors, state data shows. But that may not mean more glass is ultimately being recycled.
A number of developments have taken place in the high-profile Ohio CRT case over the past month. | mojo cp/Shutterstock
An Iowa solid waste commission agreed to pay nearly $240,000 to help fund removal of CRT materials abandoned in Ohio, and two e-scrap operators agreed to pay lower amounts. Meanwhile, settlement negotiations continue with one of the largest suppliers. Continue Reading
NovoTec has already begun shipping glass to the new destinations. | HomeArt/Shutterstock
NovoTec Recycling finalized contracts to ship CRT glass to smelters in British Columbia and South Korea. The total glass capacity is greater than what NovoTec sent to Glencore’s now-closed smelter.
UNICOR is not admitting any wrongdoing or liability by agreeing to the settlement. | corgarashu/Shutterstock
Federal Prison Industries agreed to pay nearly $650,000 to settle allegations the organization is liable to help clean up CRT glass it shipped to Closed Loop Refining and Recovery.