In its most recent impact report, the private equity firm explored its progress in recovery and recycling of discarded electronics. | Itummy/Shutterstock
Private equity firm Closed Loop Partners recently released its 2024 impact report, which included a summary of its work in electronics recovery.
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Lifecycle Innovations, out of Wisconsin, and current Oregon PRO MRM laid out plans for the program, which now can accommodate more than one administrating organization. | PIYAWAT WONGOPASS/Shutterstock
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Two prospective producer responsibility organizations (PROs) have submitted bids to manage Oregon’s revamped E-Cycles program, which will launch Jan. 1, 2026. Continue Reading
Electronics recycling workers collect devices at an E-Cycle Wisconsin collection event in June 2022. | Photo by David Nevala / Courtesy of Wisconsin DNR
All 72 Wisconsin counties had at least one registered collection site or event for end-of-life electronics in 2024, according to the state’s most recent E-Cycle program report. Continue Reading
Two bills are awaiting signatures, in Texas and Illinois, that would set up a solar panel and wind turbine stewardship requirement for facilities and alter an existing e-scrap recycling program. | GreenThumbShots/Shutterstock
Bills adding solar facility recycling requirements in Texas and changes to Illinois’ e-scrap recycling program are sitting on their respective governors’ desks. Continue Reading
Electronics related bills both passed and died this month across the U.S. as legislative sessions wind down. | Vietnam Stock Photos/Shutterstock
Governors in Washington and Nebraska signed e-scrap bills into law recently, giving Washingtonians the right to repair their consumer electronics and Nebraskans an extended producer responsibility program for batteries. Continue Reading
SB 163, which would set up an extended producer responsibility program for batteries in Colorado, passed both chambers and is now on the governor’s desk. | Chepko-Danil-Vitalevich/Shutterstock
Colorado is adding extended producer responsibility for another material stream to its state laws, this time for batteries.
As Oregon prepares for the start of its modernized e-scrap recycling program, prospective producer responsibility organizations must submit plans by July 1. | photka/Shutterstock
Ahead of the start of Oregon’s updated e-scrap recycling program in 2026, the state Department of Environmental Quality published a timeline of important dates.
Hawai’i lawmakers added more devices to the 2008 e-scrap program via SB 1298. | lkonya/Shutterstock
Hawai’i added a host of new electronic devices and peripherals to its existing e-scrap law this year, also giving manufacturers more time to reach a 70% recycling and reuse target. Continue Reading
The companies are offering the first ISO 14064 certified ITAD impact reporting and independent carbon registry for certified carbon credits. | TStudious/Shutterstock
ITAD company Sage Sustainable Electronics has partnered with advisory firm Bloom ESG to offer certified carbon credits. Continue Reading
Gov. Bob Ferguson has 20 days to sign the bills into law after they are delivered to his desk. | Zack Frank/Shutterstock
A right-to-repair electronics bill is sitting on the Washington governor’s desk, while a bill that would again delay the state’s extended producer responsibility program for solar panels is now law. Continue Reading