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Attention, California e-scrap processors: A pay raise is coming.
This story has been updated.
Attention, California e-scrap processors: A pay raise is coming.
COVID-19 impacts and ongoing trends in the materials stream made a major impact on the North Carolina state e-scrap program last year.
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A California bill would create an extended producer responsibility program for batteries and battery-embedded products.
More than two dozen researchers and e-scrap experts from nine countries are calling for a global extended producer responsibility system that ensures European producers take care of e-scrap after it’s exported.
Fewer devices were sitting unused in Wisconsin homes in 2021 than three years prior, a report found.
E-scrap collections have trended sharply downward for the past several years, but there is reason to believe the weight entering Oregon’s program may slightly increase next year, state officials explained.
After four years of consistent declines, the weight of scrap electronics collected under Wisconsin’s recycling program increased notably last year.
The loss of several e-scrap collection sites in Oregon is causing consternation in some communities, and now the legislature is mulling a bill meant to temporarily address the situation.
Processors participating in Washington, D.C.’s electronics recycling program must carry e-Stewards certification next year. It’s a change from the previous rules, which allowed either e-Stewards or R2 to satisfy the certification requirement.