E-scrap headlines by topic
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Asia
- Roundup of used electronics news around the world
- China sets import standards for select non-ferrous grades
- Some semblance of stability?
California
- California labeling bill touches on electronics recyclability
- CalRecycle seeks to maintain current fees for e-scrap program
- Recycling commission endorses right-to-repair bill
Canada
Certification standards
- New global e-scrap standard in the works
- SERI to pursue adding solar panels to R2
- SERI and RIOS team up for new offerings
Collection
- Curbside e-scrap collection to restart in New York borough
- Firm’s strategy for electric-vehicle batteries? Partner up
- Tracking service looks upstream of ITAD providers
Computers
- In My Opinion: Why laptops present unique challenges
- A ‘true pioneer’ of refurb retires
- Tracking service looks upstream of ITAD providers
Courts/lawsuits
- Morgan Stanley ‘ignored industry standards’ in data breach
- Processor and OEM agree to settle in Ohio CRT case
- Recycletronics exec pleads guilty to CRT charges
CRTs
- CRT cleanup to begin at former DP Electronic Recycling site
- URT takes its frit powder project across the US
- Processor and OEM agree to settle in Ohio CRT case
Data security
- Morgan Stanley ‘ignored industry standards’ in data breach
- Morgan Stanley names vendor in data security case
- What do consumers think about data destruction?
E-plastics
- Feds eye industry partners for e-scrap sorting tech
- North Carolina processor upgrades e-scrap line
- Mixed-plastic exports on slight upswing this year
EPR/stewardship
- Lawmakers update Wisconsin’s e-scrap law
- Canadian provinces expand their EPR programs
- State program tonnage drops by 29% in 2020
Europe
- Device leasing firm draws $1 billion in funding
- Europe roundup: Failing on goals, upticks in Ireland
- Collector and broker adds e-plastics processing line
Exports
- In My Opinion: Globally responsible recycling is essential
- In My Opinion: Environmental justice is a global issue
- Mixed-plastic exports on slight upswing this year
Flat-panel displays
- Company rolls out flat-panel processing technology
- Details on Total Reclaim prison sentences
- Nationwide processor embraces robotic sortation
Industry groups
- Partnership to pursue battery recycling standards
- In My Opinion: Globally responsible recycling is essential
- In My Opinion: Outgoing R2 TAC members deserve recognition
Local programs
- Curbside e-scrap collection to restart in New York borough
- State program tonnage drops by 29% in 2020
- A processor’s history of public-sector contract controversy
Markets
- E-scrap metal notches record high value
- Processor’s profits boosted by pivot to data center work
- How firms are addressing lingering labor challenges
Metals
- European e-scrap processor acquires US metals company
- Feds eye industry partners for e-scrap sorting tech
- Battery recycler to build US manufacturing site
Mobile devices
- Collaboration provides free laptops to low-income youths
- Global phone reseller raises millions to expand
- Trade-in exec: 5G will bolster used phone markets this year
OEMs
- Apple faces shareholder action targeting repair policy
- Apple selects Texas ITAD firm for accelerator program
- Samsung reports boosted global recycling collection
Opinion
- In My Opinion: Why laptops present unique challenges
- In My Opinion: Globally responsible recycling is essential
- In My Opinion: Outgoing R2 TAC members deserve recognition
Processors
- Sims launches program elevating women leaders
- European e-scrap processor acquires US metals company
- Tennessee nonprofit processor plans expansions
Refurbishment/reuse
- Apple faces shareholder action targeting repair policy
- Processor rebrands with aim to ‘evolve’ the ITAD model
- Federal regulators say they will ‘restore the right to repair’
Regulation/oversight
- CRT cleanup to begin at former DP Electronic Recycling site
- Massachusetts EPR proposal grabs hearing
- CRT cleanup progressing at Closed Loop sites in Phoenix