E-scrap processor URT will pay $129,000 in fines for failing to protect workers from lead and cadmium exposures during cathode ray tube device processing, OSHA announced. | Boonchuay1970/Shutterstock
E-scrap processor URT will pay reduced but still hefty fines totaling $129,000 for failing to protect workers from lead and cadmium exposures during cathode ray tube device processing at the company’s facility in Janesville, Wisconsin. Continue Reading
Panelists at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference provided insight into issues facing e-plastics, and their views on what lies ahead. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling
With domestic demand building slowly, U.S. processors must look to industries outside electronics manufacturing to absorb their e-plastics volumes, according to panelists at the recent E-Scrap Conference in Orlando. Continue Reading
Rob Lawson-Shanks, CEO and co-founder of Molg spoke about battery legislation at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference, joined by Leo Raudys, president and CEO of Call2Recycle; Jeff Farano, manager of compliance and governmental relations for SA Recycling; and Jeff Gloyd, founder of Gloyd Recycling Solutions. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling
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. Continue Reading
The new Carbon Loop Report from SK Tes is built to give OEMs granular details about the emissions avoided – and created – during the ITAD process. | Lorez/Shutterstock
Gone are the days where the amount of e-scrap processed was reported to OEMs in terms of weight in elephants or the number of times it could circle the globe. For SK Tes, the future is third-party verified reporting that factors in energy use, recycling rates and disposition channels to produce Scope 3 avoided emissions data. Continue Reading
Wisconsin-based URT was cited for employees being exposed to heavy metals during CRT dismantling, and the company president emphasized that the company has been working with OSHA for a year on the issues. | Drazah/Shutterstock
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. Continue Reading
In 2023, of the more than 275,000 assets DMD Systems Recovery processed, slightly more than 100,000 were reused. | Maximumm/Shutterstock
Arizona-based ITAD company DMD Systems Recovery shared recycling and reuse data in its 2023 impact report, and updated its carbon-neutral goals.
In announcing the plan, the California-based ITAD firm said the number of shares and price range had not yet been determined. | JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock
Leaders of major ITAD firm Ingram Micro have signaled their intent to list the company on the New York Stock Exchange, which would mark a return to publicly traded status after about eight years as a private company.
Aurubis’ latest facility has the capacity to process over 180,000 tons of complex recycling materials annually, including circuit boards and copper cables. | Courtesy of Arubis
German company Aurubis has brought its multi-metal recycling facility in Georgia online after two years of work. Continue Reading
A Sept. 14 fire forced Oregon reuse and recycling nonprofit Free Geek to shut its doors, but community support helped the organization get back up and running. | Courtesy of Free Geek
After a devastating fire at Portland, Oregon-based Free Geek in mid-September, a community outpouring of support has the nonprofit close to its fundraising goal for recovery. Continue Reading
A private equity firm, MBK Partners, and shareholder Young Poong submitted a bid to purchase a majority stake in Korea Zinc, a move the smelting company called a “hostile takeover.” | Pavel Kapysh/Shutterstock
Top executives at South Korean smelting giant Korea Zinc are locked in a battle with a private equity firm that wants to seize control of the company. As the fight has spilled into the public arena, the equity firm has attacked the company’s recent business decisions, including its purchase of U.S.-based processor Igneo Holdings. Continue Reading