The Brussels-based Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum estimates about 9 billion kilograms of e-waste is misidentified as regular waste every year. | gmstockstudio/Shutterstock
For its 6th annual International E-Waste Day, a global association of producer responsibility groups is highlighting products that consumers often dispose of improperly because they don’t recognize them as e-scrap. Continue Reading
The recently signed bill means Californians are free to fix many of their devices and appliances. | Jonathan Lenz/Shutterstock
Consumers in California now have the right to repair some of their electronic devices after Gov. Gavin Newson signed SB 244 into law Oct. 10. Continue Reading
Natalie Betts with the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) speaks on ESG at the 2023 E-Scrap and E-Reuse Conference in New Orleans. | Big Wave Productions/E-Scrap News
Recycling companies big and small can benefit from publicly sharing their environmental, social and governance strategies, no matter how complicated the process might seem at first. Continue Reading
Panelists at the Mobile Repair Day event that took place this week during the E-Scrap & E-Reuse Conference. | Big Wave Productions/E-Scrap News
More than 1,200 electronics sustainability professionals – representing repair shops, ITAD firms, recyclers, OEMs and others – are gathering this week at the E-Scrap & E-Reuse Conference. Continue Reading
The partnership will focus on bolstering a circular economy for electronics. | T. Schneider/Shutterstock
The National Retail Federation has acquired the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group focused on product returns, refurbishment, resale and recycling for electronics and other products. Continue Reading
After hearing feedback from companies that current certification requirements are challenging to achieve for more niche markets, e-Stewards is designing more targeted standards. | Yuri Photolife/Shutterstock
ITAD companies will soon have a certification option that’s more tailored to their daily operations. Continue Reading
Oregon’s SB 542 would require OEMs to make the same information they give to authorized repair shops available to independent shops and consumers. | JIPEN/Shutterstock
Public testimony on a proposed consumer electronics right-to-repair bill in Oregon spilled over into two days, with 19 speaking in favor and eight speaking against.
The toolkit will help ISRI members develop strategies for reaching their ESG goals. | NicoElNino/Shutterstock
Small- and medium-sized recycling businesses that are interested in setting up environmental, social and governance plans will soon have a new toolkit to help them. Continue Reading
The recently launched certification standard, SCS-103A, sets thresholds, ranging from 5% to 50%, for recycled content in various categories of products. | DC Studio/Shutterstock
Environmental and sustainability certifier SCS Global Services launched a recycled-content certification for the electrical and electronic equipment industries that verifies the total percentage of recycled materials in products. Continue Reading
SERI will be accepting comments on the draft of its photovoltaic module standards through June 12. | Perthsnap/Shutterstock
With solar panels and alternative energy growing more popular, e-scrap recycling organizations are preparing to handle more of the units at their end of life. Continue Reading