Electronics recycling supports 920 jobs and injects more than $200 million into the Texas economy, researchers estimate.
Electronics recycling supports 920 jobs and injects more than $200 million into the Texas economy, researchers estimate.
A confluence of factors has led logistics experts to predict that American firms, including those in the recycling industry, will experience higher over-the-road shipping costs in the next six months.
Sims Recycling Solutions’ consolidation of U.S. e-scrap shredding operations yielded financial benefits and more clearly drew a line between its shredding and reuse activities. That was one takeaway from a recently released annual report.
Joe Pickard speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been volatile of late. Such uncertainty could continue as China considers limits on taking in some metal grades.
Lithium-ion batteries will come to play a far larger role in the scrap electronics stream in the future, and an expert says companies will need to adapt to the challenges and opportunities these materials present. Continue Reading
Though overall revenue fell, profits at global e-scrap company Sims Recycling Solutions grew significantly last year, according to the firm’s latest financial filings.
Recent upward price movements for some precious and base metals have made e-scrap recycling executives happy.
The fate of Nulife Glass is in question, with the firm halting operations as it struggles to meet regulator demands to remove CRT glass stored in warehouses.
Worldwide shipments of PCs continued a nearly three-year consistent decline during the past year, industry analysts reported this month.
A smuggling crackdown in China is causing headaches for U.S. companies that recycle plastics recovered from electronics.