Industry stakeholders say material is flowing again

Published: September 17, 2020
Updated: September 17, 2020
by Colin Staub

E-Scrap Virtual - Panel discussion screenshot

The panel discussion included (clockwise from top left) Traci Phillips of Natural Evolution, Jason Linnell from the National Center for Electronics Recycling, E-Scrap News editor Dan Leif (moderator), S3 Recycling Solutions’ Rod McDaniel, and Jessica Miller of Illinois EPA.

Processors and state programs alike saw a lot less material this spring as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. But in the last couple months, inbound volumes have returned and surged in some cases. That fact has created new challenges.

Lithium-ion battery recycler to build New York facility

Published: September 17, 2020
Updated: September 17, 2020
by Colin Staub

Li-ion batteries collected for recycling

Li-Cycle Incorporated recently announced plans for a Rochester, N.Y. facility capable of processing at least 10 million pounds of lithium-ion batteries per year. | Vietnam stock photos/Shutterstock

Canadian firm Li-Cycle Incorporated, which handles lithium-ion batteries from e-scrap and other sources, is developing a $175 million processing hub in the U.S.

Posted in Top stories | Tagged metals, processors |

Sims adds site specifically for data center material

Published: September 3, 2020
Updated: September 3, 2020
by Colin Staub

The equipment retired from data centers largely consists of hard drives, memory, networking equipment and more. | Timofeev Vladmir/Shutterstock

Global e-scrap and ITAD processor Sims Lifecycle Services is rolling out a system focused on retiring data center equipment. The company framed the move as a way to increase reuse of components.

Posted in Top stories | Tagged processors, refurbishment/reuse |

Company refines EV battery recycling method using e-scrap

Published: September 3, 2020
Updated: September 3, 2020
by Colin Staub

Redwood Materials recently raised $40 million to fund its efforts to develop a battery recycling process to supply the electric vehicle market. | Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

A Nevada startup looking to build a major electric vehicle battery recycling operation is starting off by processing batteries from consumer electronics.

Posted in News | Tagged metals, processors |

Furnace supplier scores win in BlueOak case

Published: September 3, 2020
Updated: September 3, 2020
by Jared Paben

An arbitrator found that BlueOak breached and then wrongfully terminated its contract with Tetronics. | Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock

An international dispute arbitrator awarded over $8 million to a U.K. equipment company that provided a furnace to process printed circuit boards in Arkansas.

Posted in Top stories | Tagged courts/lawsuits, processors |

How COVID-19 has affected ITAD and data destruction firms

Published: August 27, 2020
Updated: August 27, 2020
by Jared Paben

Clockwise from upper left: Joseph Harford of Reclamere moderated a July 23 webinar that featured Neil Peters-Michaud of Cascade Asset Management, Jade Lee of Supply-Chain Services and Brent Berry of Ingram Micro.

The pandemic has forced the ITAD industry to adapt to survive. Experts from three processors recently described that sudden evolution and what it means for the future of data destruction services.

Posted in Top stories | Tagged data security, processors |

Cloud services and metal prices lift Sims margins

Published: August 20, 2020
Updated: August 20, 2020
by Jared Paben

Sims Lifecycle Services saw a 13.9% increase in cloud volumes recycled during the 2020 fiscal year. | Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock

Sims Lifecycle Services secured four additional cloud customers during the last fiscal year, helping to boost its data center decommissioning volume to 24,600 metric tons.

Posted in Top stories | Tagged markets, processors |

Specialty waste company acquires e-scrap operations

Published: August 13, 2020
Updated: August 13, 2020
by Colin Staub

Harsco pushed further into the electronics recycling space over the past year with the acquisitions of Clean Earth and Stericycle. | vladdon/Shutterstock

Harsco Corporation over the past year made two acquisitions that brought the company into the electronics recycling space, according to its annual sustainability report.

Posted in Top stories | Tagged processors |

Connecticut boosts prices it pays to e-scrap firms

Published: August 13, 2020
Updated: August 13, 2020
by Jared Paben

Computer towers collected and stacked for recycling.

Under Connecticut’s extended producer responsibility program, municipalities perform the bulk of e-scrap collections. | Suzanne-B/Shutterstock

Processing companies said multiple factors led them to raise recycling prices in Connecticut this year. Some cost pressures are unique to the state but others are being felt industry wide.

Posted in Top stories | Tagged EPR/Stewardship, markets, processors |

Global ITAD company joins e-scrap ‘offset’ program

Published: July 30, 2020
Updated: July 30, 2020
by Jared Paben

Ingram Micro’s ITAD division has cut a check to fund the collection and recycling of an estimated 12,000 phones from African countries. | Anton Starikov/Shutterstock

Ingram Micro has partnered with Dutch company Closing the Loop to recycle scrap phones from Africa, the first step in what’s expected to become a deeper collaboration.

Posted in Top stories | Tagged mobile devices, processors |

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