A recent EPA report noted that beyond the immediate health and safety concerns, batteries can create a substantial financial burden for e-scrap companies. | skimin0k / Shutterstock
Federal officials recently examined battery-related fires in a variety of recycling settings, including electronics processing sites. In addition to noting safety concerns, the analysis determined that batteries “jeopardize the economics of the electronics recycling industry.”
CircleIT currently operates two processing facilities, one in Oklahoma City and one in Memphis, Tenn.. | dasytnik / Shutterstock
Oklahoma City-based HiTech Assets has changed its name to CircleIT and is moving further into device repair and refurbishment.
Akoya Capital Partners, a Chicago-based investment company, is the new owner of Star Plastics. | fizkes / Shutterstock
Processor and compounder Star Plastics has been acquired by a private equity firm. Company founder Doug Ritchie said the partnership will help Star expand its product line, which includes recycled resin that is used in electronics.
Anuar Garcia, founder and CEO of GreenTek Solutions. | Courtesy of Apple
GreenTek Solutions was selected to participate in Apple’s new Impact Accelerator program, which supports racial and ethnic minority-owned businesses in the green technology and clean energy sectors.
Sims Lifecycle Services, the electronics processing branch of metals recycling giant Sims Limited, reported boosted earnings during its 2021 fiscal year. | Sanchai Khudpin/ Shutterstock
Sims Lifecycle Services is finding that repurposing data center devices continues to be considerably more profitable than recycling e-scrap, financial disclosures show.
Synergy’s new SSI Pri-Max shredder. | Courtesy of Synergy Electronics Recycling
Synergy Electronics Recycling is improving its shredding and sorting line, allowing the system to produce more e-plastics for plastic plywood manufacturing.
Homeboy Electronics Recycling in Los Angeles is one of many industry companies that’s struggled to fill staff positions. | Courtesy of Homeboy Electronics Recycling
After COVID-19 struck, Integrated Recycling Technologies (IRT) found itself entering an unexpected business: daycare.
E-scrap processor Sunnking is offering a live view of its Brockport, N.Y. shredding operations. | Courtesy of Sunnking
Sunnking’s latest transparency effort brings a whole new meaning to “recycling stream.”
URT has installed equipment nationwide to processes glass from CRTs into powders used to make frit, which is an ingredient used in compounding enamels and ceramic glazes. | Courtesy of URT.
After a roughly $1.2 million investment, Universal Recycling Technologies is currently processing 100% of the leaded CRT glass it handles into a feedstock for ceramic tiles.
Homeboy is consolidating two facilities into a leased 30,000-square-foot location in Commerce, Calif. | Courtesy of Homeboy.
An expansion project at Homeboy Electronics Recycling will allow the Los Angeles-area processor to substantially boost its ITAD and device reuse activity.