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E-Scrap News magazine is the premier trade journal for electronics recycling and refurbishment experts. It offers updates on the latest equipment and technology, details trends in electronics recycling legislation, highlights the work of innovative processors, and covers all the other critical industry news.

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Australian metals company rebrands, builds Texas plant

Published: July 10, 2025
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Now known as Metallium, MTM Critical Metals is building its first U.S. location in Houston, with plans to expand. | Petr Bonek/Shutterstock

MTM Critical Metals, a metals refiner that processes e-scrap, will expand operations beyond Western Australia and into the U.S. amid a rebranding, the company announced during a recent investor call.
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Project brings rare earth recovery into e-scrap facility

Published: July 10, 2025
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Project stakeholders tour RecycleForce in May, observing an on-site rare earth recovery system built around acid-free dissolution technology. | Photo courtesy RecycleForce

Editor’s Note: Learn more in person – RecycleForce and Ames National Lab will speak about the rare earth recovery project during a plenary session at the 2025 E-Scrap Conference, set for Oct. 27-29 in Grapevine, Texas.

A pilot project is demonstrating a bolt-on modular system that could make it logistically and economically feasible for e-scrap processors to recover rare earth elements from end-of-life electronics within their existing facilities. Continue Reading

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Survey provides look at Canadian electronics recycling

Published: July 10, 2025
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The share of households with unwanted electronics was flat to lower in Statistics Canada’s biennial survey. | Veja/Shutterstock

The portion of Canadians reporting unwanted electronics awaiting disposal was flat to lower, according to the most recent national survey measuring how residents are generating and managing e-scrap amid increased use of technology. Continue Reading

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Top stories from June 2025

Published: July 3, 2025
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Shipping containers stacked at a logistic hub.

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A major e-plastic export disruption drew reader attention last month, as did stories highlighting an ITAD company’s growth, a dispute between a processor and a certification standard, a report exploring why reusable devices are destroyed, and the legal conclusion of an ITAD employee’s criminal actions.

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Editor’s farewell: So long, but not goodbye

Published: July 3, 2025
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Marissa Heffernan moderates a panel at the 2024 Plastics Recycling Conference. | Big Wave Photography / Resource Recycling.

When I started working for Resource Recycling, I thought I knew quite a bit about recycling. After all, I grew up in a bottle bill state, turning in cans for candy money, and was the child checking neighbors’ recycling bins to make sure they were using it right. Continue Reading

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CA starts OEM requirements for battery-containing devices

Published: July 3, 2025
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Li-ion batteries collected for recycling

As of July 1, manufacturers must notify California retailers selling certain devices that they are subject to a recycling fee. | Vietnam Stock Photos/Shutterstock

As of July 1, manufacturers of covered battery-embedded products must comply with new requirements in California, as part of the state’s expansion of its long-running e-scrap program. Continue Reading

Sunnking reports 5% increase in recycling

Published: July 3, 2025
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ITAD company Sunnking reached a 97% diversion rate and saw a continued increase in processing rate from 2023. | Photo courtesy Sunnking Sustainable Solutions

Processor Sunnking Sustainable Solutions collected more than 24 million pounds of electronics in 2024 and recycled 5% more e-scrap than the prior year, according to its recently released sustainability report. Continue Reading

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