Projects exploring strategies to recover key materials from end-of-life electronics have received funding from the REMADE Institute.
Projects exploring strategies to recover key materials from end-of-life electronics have received funding from the REMADE Institute.
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Metech Recycling, which operates five U.S. sites and encountered CRT storage issues recently, has been acquired by a group of investors associated with First America Metal Corp.
With an eye toward demonstrating the variety and amount of metals available from e-scrap, geologists at an English university used a household blender to take a look inside a mobile device.
A North Carolina startup is working to scale up its ability to generate investment-grade gold from e-scrap components.
Metals company Boliden recovered copper and precious metals from 95,000 short tons of printed circuit boards in 2018, up 12 percent year over year, according to an annual report.
Two government initiatives looking to energize the lithium-ion battery recycling sector have officially launched, offering prize money to recycling entrepreneurs and a dedicated laboratory to house research projects.
Revenue and earnings for global e-scrap processor Sims Recycling Solutions dropped in the second half of 2018 compared with the same period a year earlier.
Global economic conditions have helped push up the scrap value of principal metals used in electronics.
Trucks outside ERI’s Fresno, Calif. recycling facility.
ERI is using machinery with artificial intelligence to sort materials coming out of a shredder. It’s the first publicly known case of an AI robotic system sorting e-scrap.
The U.S. Department of Energy will award $5.5 million to companies advancing lithium-ion battery recycling technology, and it will dedicate $15 million to developing a research center focused on the material.