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Tracking service launched to provide eyes downstream

Published: May 24, 2018
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A computer tower with a tracking device provided by the Green Tracking Service (device at lower right).

A U.S. company has begun providing an e-scrap tracking service so processors and OEMs can see where their downstream vendors are sending devices. One processor is already regularly using the service.

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A look at e-scrap issues and opportunities in Mexico

Published: May 3, 2018
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The processing line at Proambi’s facility in Mexico, photo courtesy of Salvador Río

Mexico may be America’s neighbor to the south, but in some ways, the e-scrap ecosystems in the two nations are worlds apart. And perhaps the biggest difference is the fact that in Mexico, an informal system of electronics collection and processing is well-established.

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Processor broadens territory with a partner

Published: April 19, 2018
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Scott Vander Kooy, president of Comprenew, signs a contract with Goodwill of Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan in late March.

A nonprofit e-scrap processor’s expansion into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan provides a case study in how service area reach can be widened without incurring major capital costs.

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