Tag Archives: March 2018

Know Your E-Scrap Processor: eWaste Direct, Inc.

Published: June 6, 2018
Updated: August 22, 2018
by Jared Paben

California-based eWaste Direct didn’t start as a scrap metal company that moved into electronics, or as a longtime repair hobby turned business. In a way, it started by accident.

Dust storm

Published: May 9, 2018
Updated: July 25, 2018
by Rafael Reveles

The client’s perspective

Published: May 23, 2018
Updated: July 25, 2018
by Jenny Schuchert

Posted in E-Scrap News Magazine | Tagged March 2018 |

Squaring the circle

Published: June 26, 2018
Updated: July 25, 2018
by Mark Burrows-Smith

Posted in E-Scrap News Magazine | Tagged March 2018 |

Still weighing heavy

Published: June 26, 2018
Updated: July 25, 2018
by Bobby Elliott and Colin Staub

Posted in E-Scrap News Magazine | Tagged CRTs, March 2018 |

The latest e-scrap industry news

Top stories from October 2024
Coverage of a Wisconsin processor’s OSHA violations, an ITAD giant going public, hydrometallurgy technology and the E-Scrap Conference drew reader interest last month.
Blancco’s software flags possible data security loophole
A new technology from Blancco Technology Group will allow ITADs and e-scrap recyclers to check if devices are enrolled in Unified Endpoint Management programs before performing data destruction.
ITAD firms can help avoid compliance risks
High-profile data breaches have highlighted the perils of ITAD, and until multiple companies are “put in the penalty box,” it will keep happening, industry experts said during a panel at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference.
DMD Systems Recovery acquires Basket Materials
Arizona-based ITAD firm DMD Systems Recovery has acquired Basket Materials in a bid to provide services to California’s growing tech market and local data centers.
Processor settles OSHA violations with reduced fine
E-scrap processor URT will pay reduced but still hefty fines totaling $129,000 for failing to protect workers from lead and cadmium exposures during cathode ray tube device processing at the company’s facility in Janesville, Wisconsin.
CA, Walmart settle e-scrap disposal case for $7.5 million
Several years after the State of California first sued Walmart over the alleged unlawful disposal of e-scrap, hazardous and medical waste to municipal landfills, a multimillion-dollar settlement is before the judge.
Sage Sustainable Electronics acquires reuse company
Sage Sustainable Electronics, financed by Closed Loop Partners, has acquired an electronics repair and refurbishment company, aiming to gain a stronger foothold in the reuse world.