American Battery Technology Company saw triple-digit revenue growth in Q4 as it scales to meet demand. | Quality Stock Arts / Shutterstock
American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) reported Q4 2025 revenue of $2.8 million, a 183% increase over the prior quarter, while full year revenue, ended June 30, 2025, surged 1,149% to $4.3 million compared with fiscal 2024. Continue Reading
E-scrap recycling could be the key to strengthening domestic supplies of critical materials, according to the Recycled Materials Association’s comments to the Department of Energy. | Tada Images/Shutterstock
The Recycled Materials Association suggested the U.S. Department of Energy invest in the e-scrap recycling industry in response to the agency’s 2026 Energy Critical Materials Assessment. Continue Reading
The Secure E-waste Export and Recycling Act has been introduced at least six times since 2015, as well as included in other bills, but has not yet passed. | MOLPIX/Shutterstock
A federal bill that would restrict U.S. exports of e-scrap has re-emerged, this time as HB 2998. Continue Reading
Eric Frederickson, vice president of operations at Call2Recycle, presented a battery burn demonstration alongside the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. | Colin Staub/E-Scrap News
After a year that recorded a notable increase in e-scrap facility battery fires, the growing hazard and ways of mitigating it received ample attention at the Recycled Materials Association’s annual conference in San Diego this week.
The safety-focused summit came after the latest federal data showed a backslide in waste and recycling industry safety. | Susan Montgomery/Shutterstock
As recycling companies seek to improve workplace safety amid an industry-wide increase in on-the-job fatalities, experts at a recent industry summit advised managers to focus their attention on — and for top executives, even to attend — the regular pre-shift safety meetings.
The updated Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool program criteria focuses on environmental and human rights requirements, such as transparent supply chains. | Chayanuphol/Shutterstock
The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool program rolled out new criteria for sustainable electronics, increasing focus on environmental and human rights requirements. Continue Reading
Back Market and iFixit announced a broad partnership that will see each integrate the other’s product offerings, as well as direct advocacy on right-to-repair legislation. | Courtesy of Back Market
Two big names in the electronics repair and refurbishment space are partnering up to influence consumer and manufacturer behavior and create a world where circularity is the default. Continue Reading
The ESG calculator will be co-branded as an e-Stewards and Bloom ESG tool. | SWKStock/Shutterstock
E-scrap certification program e-Stewards endorsed an environmental benefits calculator from Bloom ESG, a London-based advisory firm, that can be used to quantify avoided carbon emissions and other benefits of e-scrap recycling and reuse. Continue Reading
The visit marked ReMA’s first fly-in since rebranding with a focus on recycled material outputs rather than the scrap input. | Bill Perry/Shutterstock
Members of the Recycled Materials Association’s electronics division were on-site for the group’s recent Capitol Hill visit, where they told lawmakers how tariffs will affect electronics recovery and emphasized the importance of priority legislation. Continue Reading
From left, Sean Magann of Sims Lifecycle Services, Rob Lawson-Shanks of Molg and Rebecca Latson of Dell speak during a panel discussion at the Reverse Logistics Association Conference and Expo in Las Vegas on March 11. | Photo by Colin Staub
Data center decommissioning, right to repair, tariffs and the role of artificial intelligence in end-of-life product grading were hot topics during a meeting of reverse logistics professionals this week. Continue Reading