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
- CalRecycle seeks to maintain current fees for e-scrap program
- Recycling commission endorses right-to-repair bill
- California may add OLED devices and others to recycling program
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
- Firm’s strategy for electric-vehicle batteries? Partner up
- Tracking service looks upstream of ITAD providers
- OEM and repair firm begin e-scrap outreach effort
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
- Mixed-plastic exports on slight upswing this year
- Collector and broker adds e-plastics processing line
- Operator looks to expand e-plastic sorting system
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
- Europe roundup: Failing on goals, upticks in Ireland
- Collector and broker adds e-plastics processing line
- Repair, regulations and research in Europe
Exports
- Mixed-plastic exports on slight upswing this year
- Experts discuss the record rise in copper prices
- E-scrap export ban comes before Congress again
Flat-panel displays
- Company rolls out flat-panel processing technology
- Details on Total Reclaim prison sentences
- Nationwide processor embraces robotic sortation
Industry groups
- Experts explore three pressing issues facing the industry
- Industry group adopts position on environmental justice
- E-scrap export ban comes before Congress again
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
- Experts explore three pressing issues facing the industry
- Mixed-plastic exports on slight upswing this year
- Pandemic continues to impact processor’s bottom line
Metals
- Experts discuss the record rise in copper prices
- Solar panels are ‘the new CRT’ but sector is preparing
- Growing battery processor plans next US facility
Mobile devices
- Global phone reseller raises millions to expand
- Trade-in exec: 5G will bolster used phone markets this year
- Consumers holding onto mobile phones longer
OEMs
- Repair group blasts Samsung over device-repurposing project
- OEM processing goals, mail-in education and reverse logistics
- OEMs and processors join global e-scrap partnership
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
- Midwest processor opens location in Florida
- Firm’s strategy for electric-vehicle batteries? Partner up
- Europe roundup: Failing on goals, upticks in Ireland
Refurbishment/reuse
- Right-to-repair bill clears floor vote for first time
- Global phone reseller raises millions to expand
- Repair group blasts Samsung over device-repurposing project
Regulation/oversight
- CalRecycle seeks to maintain current fees for e-scrap program
- FTC signals support for right-to-repair push
- Analysis details costs of a state’s e-scrap regulations