Public entities continue to take the pledge to become participants in the State Electronics Challenge, indicating their willingness to become better stewards of electronics.
Public entities continue to take the pledge to become participants in the State Electronics Challenge, indicating their willingness to become better stewards of electronics.
Electronics manufacturers are launching an e-scrap recycling pilot program in Nebraska, an effort to explore sustainable systems that aren’t driven by state law.
Oregonians are generating more waste and recycling less of it, according to a state report, and that includes electronics.
Starting next month, $3 million worth of grants will be available to local governments in New York that are paying to recycle electronics. The money, from the state’s Environmental Protection Fund, is supposed to help municipalities cover shortfalls in the program.
Washington’s e-scrap collection numbers are down again. In the first six months of 2016, the state program took in less than 90 percent of the weight collected during the same period a year ago.
A bill overhauling New Jersey’s e-scrap law is headed to Gov. Chris Christie, but the recycling industry isn’t sure whether he’ll sign it.
A bill that would reshape New Jersey’s e-scrap program was passed late last week by members of the state’s General Assembly. Continue Reading
Minnesota is the latest state to consider updating its e-scrap recycling law.
Fearing a veto from the governor, Illinois stakeholders are attempting to iron out last-minute changes to legislation that would reshape the state’s e-scrap law by requiring manufacturers to fund recycling of all covered material collected through the program.