In Uganda, end-of-life cell phones are collected before being shipped for recycling.
Tech companies are seeing boosted demand for environmental leadership, and e-scrap management concerns continue to mark developing countries. An enterprise in Europe is working to help out on both fronts.
The amount of e-scrap recycled under Wisconsin’s state program dropped significantly last year, a downward trend also seen in other states with mature recycling programs.
In 2016, New York began providing grants to offset municipalities’ e-scrap collection and recycling costs. Two years later, nearly one-third of the dollars remain to be distributed.
A consumer-funded electronics recycling program has gone into effect in Canada’s Yukon Territory.
A multinational alliance of e-scrap stewardship groups has set the first International E-Waste Day for Oct. 13.
Electronics and appliance recycling requirements now in effect in Hong Kong are boosting the amount of material processed by Alba Integrated Waste Solutions.
The online purchase of a new laptop may be convenient, but it could also be supporting a company skirting extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws. A recent report examines the growing global issue.
Material at the Mesquite, Texas ECS Refining facility. E-Scrap News file photo.
E-scrap processor Dynamic Recycling has signed a deal to buy assets from bankrupt company ECS Refining. Meanwhile, environmental and cost complications are popping up around facility cleanup efforts.
