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

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.
Apple talks device repair at industry summit
About 600 electronics recycling, repair and manufacturing stakeholders convened in Austin, Texas, for the first annual Electronics Sustainability Summit hosted by electronics certification organization SERI.
Panelists: Battery rules should be proactive, not reactive
Legislative action on batteries is speeding up, but some of those laws are missing their marks and creating a regulatory environment that is difficult to recycle in, panelists said at the recent E-Scrap Conference in Orlando.
Recycling trade platform adding e-scrap
After starting in plastics, an online recycled material trading platform is expanding into glass, metal, rubber, OCC and paper and will soon add e-scrap.
Repair community talks mobile devices
Repair shops and advocates convened during the first day of the Electronics Sustainability Summit this week to share tips on improving repair businesses, the evolution of OEM and repair community relationships and the repair legislative landscape.
Processor fined for CRT-driven lead, cadmium exposure
Federal regulators have fined URT more than $200,000 for multiple instances of workers exposed to elevated lead and cadmium levels during cathode ray tube device dismantling at the company’s Wisconsin location.