Best Buy has announced it will begin charging for TVs and computer monitors customers bring into the company’s stores for recycling.
Best Buy has announced it will begin charging for TVs and computer monitors customers bring into the company’s stores for recycling.
Product lightweighting is preventing manufacturers from increasing e-scrap collection volumes in Canada’s most populous province.
Farmers join the fight to allow consumers to repair electronics, and a lack of available recycling options leads to the dumping of CRT televisions along roadways in one state. Continue Reading
Colorado is one of just three states with an electronics landfill ban but no statewide e-scrap management program. An e-scrap executive in the state recently provided an update on how that system is working out.
HP Inc. has joined two other electronics manufacturers in publicly identifying the recycling companies it contracts with to handle material.
A Wisconsin bill aims to increase the amount of e-scrap manufacturers are on the hook to recycle each year and ensure they collect material from rural areas. The changes mirror those recommended by state environmental officials in a recent report.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie killed legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s troubled extended producer responsibility program for electronics.
Problems with Pennsylvania’s e-scrap program continue to grab headlines as local programs restrict or halt collections.
Canada’s retailer trade group says New Brunswick’s proposed e-scrap takeback and recycling program would hide fees from consumers and increase red tape for businesses.
Draft regulations would require electronics manufacturers to finance the collection and recycling of e-scrap in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.