With over two dozen e-scrap laws around the country, it can be hard to keep up with their unique requirements. An industry group now provides a single resource covering all the intricacies.
With over two dozen e-scrap laws around the country, it can be hard to keep up with their unique requirements. An industry group now provides a single resource covering all the intricacies.
North Carolina capitol building in Raleigh.
Lawmakers in North Carolina are again advancing a bill that would eliminate restrictions on disposing TVs and computer equipment.
The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island will expand the list of devices covered by its extended producer responsibility law.
Nova Scotia is banning additional types of electronics from disposal, a move that requires product manufacturers to expand their recycling services under the province’s extended producer responsibility program.
California’s e-scrap program took a hit when ECS Refining closed in June 2018, but it was anything but a critical blow. Other local and national e-scrap companies took up the slack.
The Washington state e-scrap program experienced its largest percentage decline in collected pounds last year.
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.