E-scrap headlines by topic
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Asia
- China sets import standards for select non-ferrous grades
- Some semblance of stability?
- Potential e-plastics export disruption on the horizon
California
- Recycling commission endorses right-to-repair bill
- California may add OLED devices and others to recycling program
- Stores pay millions in California hazardous waste disposal suits
Canada
Certification standards
- SERI and RIOS team up for new offerings
- Setting some boundaries
- Pandemic upends certification audit sector
Collection
- Remote work drives another mail-based disposition program
- Samsung supports franchise repair firm’s e-scrap collection
- Takeaways from a battery collection initiative in Nigeria
Computers
- Refurbishers scramble after Microsoft shifts license structure
- Pandemic trends lead to boosted PC sales in Q2
- Analysts: Pandemic prompts IT spending cuts
Courts/lawsuits
- Largest CRT supplier to Closed Loop agrees to pay $6 million
- Apple to pay $113 million in battery-throttling case
- Stores pay millions in California hazardous waste disposal suits
CRTs
- First Person Perspective: How bureaucracies and bias sunk a CRT solution
- Largest CRT supplier to Closed Loop agrees to pay $6 million
- Former president of CRT processor sentenced to prison
Data security
- Survey probes COVID-19 e-scrap impact on enterprises
- ITAD firms weigh in on bank’s $60M data mismanagement fine
- How a processor brought drive wiping and repair to ITAD sites
E-plastics
- Basel plastic rules cause immediate e-plastics strife
- Electronics producer scales up recycled plastic use
- Processor installs e-plastics sorting system
EPR/stewardship
- How COVID-19 affected one Midwest state’s EPR program
- In My Opinion: Big changes make for bigger opportunities
- Connecticut boosts prices it pays to e-scrap firms
Europe
- France will assign devices a repair rating
- Will Europe’s appetite for used devices last?
- Global group: E-scrap facility fires are on the rise
Exports
- Basel plastic rules cause immediate e-plastics strife
- Groups question US-Canada Basel plastics arrangement
- China sets import standards for select non-ferrous grades
Flat-panel displays
- Company rolls out flat-panel processing technology
- Details on Total Reclaim prison sentences
- Nationwide processor embraces robotic sortation
Industry groups
- How can the sector boost female and minority leadership?
- Lights, camera, device repair: Movie highlights sector
- Global e-scrap recycling rate has stagnated, study finds
Local programs
- Industry stakeholders say material is flowing again
- The Big Apple cuts curbside e-scrap service from budget
- Best Buy and others halt e-scrap collection due to coronavirus
Markets
- Mexico move exemplifies Ingram Micro’s global strategy
- Processor installs e-plastics sorting system
- Copper prices approach eight-year high
Metals
- Copper prices approach eight-year high
- Li-Cycle opens battery recycling facility in Northeast
- Metals experts talk pandemic impact and forecast demand
Mobile devices
- Takeaways from a battery collection initiative in Nigeria
- The details on Apple’s lawsuit against GEEP Canada
- Global ITAD company joins e-scrap ‘offset’ program
OEMs
- Apple to pay $113 million in battery-throttling case
- Electronics producer scales up recycled plastic use
- Samsung supports franchise repair firm’s e-scrap collection
Opinion
- In My Opinion: Are you destroying SSDs correctly?
- In My Opinion: Big changes make for bigger opportunities
- In My Opinion: Processors can stand out online for little cost
Processors
- Cascade survey shows pandemic’s ITAD impact
- Colorado processor expands with East Coast acquisition
- Know Your E-Scrap Processor: E-End
Refurbishment/reuse
- Cascade survey shows pandemic’s ITAD impact
- Recycling commission endorses right-to-repair bill
- Mexico move exemplifies Ingram Micro’s global strategy
Regulation/oversight
- California may add OLED devices and others to recycling program
- ITAD firms weigh in on bank’s $60M data mismanagement fine
- Pandemic upends certification audit sector