The U.S. EPA solid waste chief during the Obama Administration is now helping to push forward circular economy principles, and some of his work could help reshape electronics recovery in developing areas of the world.
The U.S. EPA solid waste chief during the Obama Administration is now helping to push forward circular economy principles, and some of his work could help reshape electronics recovery in developing areas of the world.
The administrator of the R2 recycling standard has detailed what is and isn’t legal when shipping used electronics and e-scrap to Hong Kong.
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A two-year study has highlighted key details about e-scrap exports to Nigeria, including the different device types entering the country, methods used to ship them and countries of origin.
Customs officers in China’s port city of Xiamen seized a load of end-of-life electronics last month, claiming the material didn’t meet e-scrap import standards.
Over the past decade, third-party certification has become an expectation for many processors and refurbishers of electronics.
India opened the door last week to imports of products that will be repaired and re-exported out the country, a move that could have significant implications for the electronics reuse sector.
Providing less than a day of warning, China began imposing a 25 percent tariff on recovered aluminum shipments from the U.S. this week.
E-Scrap News has now published responses from five of the six companies named in Basel Action Network’s latest export report (“The Scam Recycling Continues”). In their statements, those companies have made some assertions that warrant a response. In addition, one of the company responses noted a geographic error in the recent report, and we wish to publicly correct that fact. The inaccuracy, while regrettable, has no bearing on the findings of export in the report. Continue Reading
A lithium-ion battery expert says smartphone reuse trends will hamper the ability to use mobile device batteries as a major source of cobalt.
Last year, in the pages of E-Scrap News, the Basel Action Network (BAN) called out a growing trend of waste trade denial. Josh Lepawsky, co-author of a study we critiqued for diminishing the significance of e-waste export from developed to developing countries, responded in the December 2015 E-Scrap News magazine with a critique of his own.