A New Jersey lawmaker may introduce legislation boosting the government’s role in e-scrap recycling, a move electronics manufacturers would likely fight.
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A New Jersey lawmaker may introduce legislation boosting the government’s role in e-scrap recycling, a move electronics manufacturers would likely fight.
A three-year-old e-scrap firm in Wisconsin says it is opening its newest plant elsewhere because permit requirements at home have held up its plans for a CRT processing operation. But Wisconsin officials say they never actually halted construction and that the regulatory questions they raised are bound to follow the company regardless of its location.
A legislative fix to revamp Pennsylvania’s struggling electronics recycling program isn’t going to cut it, according to a group of five recycling stakeholders in the state.
A bill that terminates North Carolina’s electronics recycling law has made it through the state Senate, but it still faces significant hurdles.
A lawsuit from TV manufacturer Vizio that questioned the constitutionality of Connecticut’s electronics recycling law and program has been dismissed in its entirety.
Rhode Island is the latest state to report it is grappling with a shortfall in funding for a manufacturer-backed electronics recycling program.
Illinois is set to put a legislative Band-Aid on the state’s e-scrap program, requiring electronics manufacturers to collect and recycle more material in coming years.
Regulators in California have decided to increase payments to companies participating in the state’s electronics recycling program.
A bill axing North Carolina’s electronics recycling law has hit a stumbling block.
Debate over state electronics recycling laws has reached new heights in recent years, and the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that help fund the programs have been at the center of the discussion.