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
- 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
- Tracking service looks upstream of ITAD providers
- OEM and repair firm begin e-scrap outreach effort
- Battery processors lay out latest moves
Computers
- Tracking service looks upstream of ITAD providers
- Refurbishers scramble after Microsoft shifts license structure
- Pandemic trends lead to boosted PC sales in Q2
Courts/lawsuits
- Recycletronics exec pleads guilty to CRT charges
- 5R CRT cleanup costs fall to landlord and taxpayers
- Metech and California regulators settle waste lawsuit
CRTs
- Recycletronics exec pleads guilty to CRT charges
- 5R CRT cleanup costs fall to landlord and taxpayers
- Former 5R leader receives 5-month prison sentence
Data security
- Tracking service looks upstream of ITAD providers
- Survey probes COVID-19 e-scrap impact on enterprises
- ITAD firms weigh in on bank’s $60M data mismanagement fine
E-plastics
- Collector and broker adds e-plastics processing line
- Operator looks to expand e-plastic sorting system
- Details on a Canadian e-plastics operation
EPR/stewardship
- Analysis details costs of a state’s e-scrap regulations
- A processor’s history of public-sector contract controversy
- How COVID-19 affected one Midwest state’s EPR program
Europe
- Collector and broker adds e-plastics processing line
- Repair, regulations and research in Europe
- Roundup of used electronics news around the world
Exports
- E-scrap export ban comes before Congress again
- Basel proposals could upend export landscape
- Experts talk impact of material exports to Africa
Flat-panel displays
- Company rolls out flat-panel processing technology
- Details on Total Reclaim prison sentences
- Nationwide processor embraces robotic sortation
Industry groups
- E-scrap export ban comes before Congress again
- EPA leader connects recycling and environmental justice
- SERI’s wireless tracker program reaches 100 firms
Local programs
- A processor’s history of public-sector contract controversy
- Industry stakeholders say material is flowing again
- The Big Apple cuts curbside e-scrap service from budget
Markets
- Solar panels are ‘the new CRT’ but sector is preparing
- Expert describes e-scrap impact of chip shortage
- Some metal pricing slumps as China reduces investment
Metals
- Solar panels are ‘the new CRT’ but sector is preparing
- Growing battery processor plans next US facility
- Millions of dollars to help scale up battery recycling firms
Mobile devices
- Trade-in exec: 5G will bolster used phone markets this year
- Consumers holding onto mobile phones longer
- Takeaways from a battery collection initiative in Nigeria
OEMs
- OEM processing goals, mail-in education and reverse logistics
- OEMs and processors join global e-scrap partnership
- Microsoft hits 84% asset reuse rate in data centers
Opinion
- In My Opinion: Vaccines bring bright future to processors
- In Our Opinion: Safe e-recycling of polychlorinated biphenyls
- In My Opinion: Are you destroying SSDs correctly?
Processors
- Solar panels are ‘the new CRT’ but sector is preparing
- Rating system gauges ITAD vendor reputation
- Processor opens facility in West Virginia
Refurbishment/reuse
- FTC signals support for right-to-repair push
- Here’s where electronics repair bills are still alive
- Expert describes e-scrap impact of chip shortage
Regulation/oversight
- FTC signals support for right-to-repair push
- Analysis details costs of a state’s e-scrap regulations
- Metech and California regulators settle waste lawsuit