Tag Archives: Sept. 2016

Know Your E-Scrap Processor: FCM Recycling

Published: December 14, 2016
Updated: February 7, 2019
by Jared Paben

Many e-scrap recycling firms target gold and silver but send lower-value plastics elsewhere for disposal or recycling.

A poisoned Apple

Published: September 9, 2016
Updated: February 21, 2018
by Kyle Wiens

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.

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Posted in E-Scrap News Magazine, Opinion, Top stories | Tagged OEMs, refurbishment/reuse, Sept. 2016 | Leave a reply

Sizing up certification

Published: October 10, 2016
Updated: February 21, 2018
by Henry Leineweber

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.

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Posted in E-Scrap News Magazine | Tagged Certification standards, industry groups, Sept. 2016 |

So you want to expand into ITAD?

Published: December 6, 2016
Updated: February 21, 2018
by Chris Ko and Emily Gonzales

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.

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The rising costs of collection

Published: December 9, 2016
Updated: February 21, 2018
by Rob Taylor

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.

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Posted in E-Scrap News Magazine | Tagged Collection, local programs, Sept. 2016 |

Electronics reuse and recycling in Peru, a photographic journey

Published: December 28, 2016
Updated: February 21, 2018
by Verena Radulovic

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.

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Posted in E-Scrap News Magazine | Tagged metals, refurbishment/reuse, Sept. 2016 |

The latest e-scrap industry news

CA, Walmart settle e-scrap disposal case for $7.5 million
Several years after the State of California first sued Walmart over the alleged unlawful disposal of e-scrap, hazardous and medical waste to municipal landfills, a multimillion-dollar settlement is before the judge.
Sage Sustainable Electronics acquires reuse company
Sage Sustainable Electronics, financed by Closed Loop Partners, has acquired an electronics repair and refurbishment company, aiming to gain a stronger foothold in the reuse world.
Apple talks device repair at industry summit
About 600 electronics recycling, repair and manufacturing stakeholders convened in Austin, Texas, for the first annual Electronics Sustainability Summit hosted by electronics certification organization SERI.
Panelists: Battery rules should be proactive, not reactive
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.
Recycling trade platform adding e-scrap
After starting in plastics, an online recycled material trading platform is expanding into glass, metal, rubber, OCC and paper and will soon add e-scrap.
Repair community talks mobile devices
Repair shops and advocates convened during the first day of the Electronics Sustainability Summit this week to share tips on improving repair businesses, the evolution of OEM and repair community relationships and the repair legislative landscape.
Processor fined for CRT-driven lead, cadmium exposure
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.