Tag Archives: Dec. 2017

Know Your E-Scrap Processor: Novus Solutions

Published: March 25, 2018
Updated: February 7, 2019
by Jared Paben

Novus, which means “new” in Latin, is an appropriate name for this Georgia e-scrap processor. The company was founded only in 2016.

Opening up on ITAD

Published: March 25, 2018
Updated: December 27, 2018
by Dan Leif

Posted in E-Scrap News Magazine | Tagged Dec. 2017 |

Stemming an invisible threat

Published: March 25, 2018
Updated: March 26, 2018
by Lloyd Andrew

Posted in E-Scrap News Magazine | Tagged Dec. 2017 |

Global effects

Published: February 7, 2018
Updated: February 21, 2018
by Bob Johnson

Posted in E-Scrap News Magazine | Tagged Dec. 2017 |

The latest e-scrap industry news

EV battery recycler raises funds for facility
Ascend Elements raised a total of $542 million in equity investments to help scale up its lithium-ion battery manufacturing.
Google to extend Chromebook automatic software updates
Google will now provide a decade of automatic software updates for Chromebooks, a move that will allow refurbishers to resell computers that would otherwise be destroyed for commodities recovery.
Cal Micro Recycling, others reach CRT cleanup settlements
Four e-scrap companies agreed to pay a combined $937,000 to fund a portion of the cleanup of over 100 million pounds of CRT materials in Phoenix.
First America expands into solar panels, EV batteries
Metals and electronics recycling company First America is leveraging a handful of partnerships to process material from electric vehicles and other streams.
Facility represents a scaling up of AWS’ reverse logistics hubs
Amazon’s large-scale data center decommissioning facility coming to Pennsylvania will be a “huge part” of the company’s sustainability drive, which focuses on reusing and remanufacturing as much as possible, a company representative said.
Full industry value chain connects in New Orleans
More than 1,200 electronics sustainability professionals – representing repair shops, ITAD firms, recyclers, OEMs and others – are gathering this week at the E-Scrap & E-Reuse Conference.
California legislators send right-to-repair bill to governor
California’s right-to-repair bill for electronics awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, and supporters are lauding the years of work it took to get to this point.