If the bill passes, South Carolina will be the second state to move to a clearinghouse-style EPR program. | Grindstone Media Group/Shutterstock
South Carolina’s legislature is working out the final details on a bill that eliminates weight targets for electronics collection and instead aims to give consumers easy access to drop off items.
Changes to CalRecycle’s per-pound payments to e-scrap processors will go into effect July 1. | penofoto/Shutterstock
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Attention, California e-scrap processors: A pay raise is coming.
North Carolina’s pounds collected per-capita fell to 2.12 pounds in 2020-21. | Serge Cornu/Shutterstock
COVID-19 impacts and ongoing trends in the materials stream made a major impact on the North Carolina state e-scrap program last year.
Electric bikes and scooters are now covered in British Columbia’s EPR program. | ABB Photo/Shutterstock
California state legislators are considering a battery stewardship bill. | Steve Heap/Shutterstock
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A California bill would create an extended producer responsibility program for batteries and battery-embedded products.
Researchers suggest implementing ultimate producer responsibility policy would improve labor conditions for the thousands of people working in the informal waste management sector. | DimiSotirov/Shutterstock
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.
Since Wisconsin’s electronics recycling law took effect in 2010, the DNR has conducted six statewide household recycling surveys. | Courtesy of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Fewer devices were sitting unused in Wisconsin homes in 2021 than three years prior, a report found.
Oregon state e-scrap program leaders shared their 2023 collection targets during a recent webinar. | JPL Designs/Shutterstock
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.
Wisconsin saw an increase in the number of registered permanent collection sites, one-day events and temporary collection sites from 477 during program year 11 to 545 during program year 12. | Susan Montgomery/Shutterstock
After four years of consistent declines, the weight of scrap electronics collected under Wisconsin’s recycling program increased notably last year.
The executive director of the National Center for Electronics Recycling explains why Oregonians will lose several e-scrap collection sites. | akiyoko/Shutterstock
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.