E-scrap headlines by topic
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Asia
- SK ecoplant acquires global ITAD firm for $1 billion
- Study explores exposure to synthetic antioxidants
- Roundup of used electronics news around the world
California
- Regulators: Tough markets justify paying recyclers more
- California bill would set up EPR for batteries
- Walmart sued over disposal of e-scrap and other materials
Canada
Certification standards
- SERI: One-fifth of R2v3 facilities do both reuse and recycling
- Industry association retires ‘NAID Member’ logo
- In Our Opinion: Certifications serve all of us
Collection
- Session focuses on recycling batteries big and small
- Advancing bill ushers in ‘big change’ to state program
- Collections fall 10% in North Carolina
Computers
- Dell offers end-to-end device management
- Product Spotlight: Chromebook data-wiping tool
- Collections fall 10% in North Carolina
Courts/lawsuits
- Former CEO avoids CRT crimes but pleads guilty to tax charge
- Former ECS Refining owners settle suit alleging sabotage
- Former Total Reclaim exec headed to prison (again)
CRTs
- Former CEO avoids CRT crimes but pleads guilty to tax charge
- Kuusakoski’s $6 million CRT cleanup deal approved
- Eastern Electronics Recycling owner pleads guilty to CRT crime
Data security
- Product Spotlight: Chromebook data-wiping tool
- Pennsylvania processor adds capacity and evolves services
- Morgan Stanley: No data theft resulting from ITAD failure
E-plastics
- Emerging outlets
- Igneo targets low-grade material with $85 million plant
- Feds eye industry partners for e-scrap sorting tech
EPR/stewardship
- Session focuses on recycling batteries big and small
- Advancing bill ushers in ‘big change’ to state program
- Collections fall 10% in North Carolina
Europe
- How Cisco’s leasing push ties to a wider circular vision
- Lithium-ion battery recyclers expanding
- Researchers propose global ‘ultimate producer responsibility’
Exports
- Researchers propose global ‘ultimate producer responsibility’
- In My Opinion: Allowing exports is how America COMPETES best
- In My Opinion: Why Congress should pass SEERA
Flat-panel displays
- Company rolls out flat-panel processing technology
- Details on Total Reclaim prison sentences
- Nationwide processor embraces robotic sortation
Industry groups
- Session focuses on recycling batteries big and small
- Diversity, equity and inclusion vital to future operations
- SERI: One-fifth of R2v3 facilities do both reuse and recycling
Local programs
- Environmental nonprofit lands e-scrap contract with major city
- Hawaii County suspends e-scrap collection
- Google starts Chromebook self-repair program for schools
Markets
- Regulators: Tough markets justify paying recyclers more
- TerraCycle financial reports show ongoing e-scrap business losses
- Circular economy drawing investment interest
Metals
- The strategy behind Exurban’s US smelter project
- Lithium-ion battery recyclers expanding
- Glencore partners with battery recycling startup
Mobile devices
- Under repair pressure, another OEM partners with iFixit
- Apple lays out details on its latest recycling automation
- Smartphone giant partners with iFixit on independent repair
OEMs
- Dell offers end-to-end device management
- How Cisco’s leasing push ties to a wider circular vision
- Microsoft publishes independent review of its repair policies
Opinion
- In My Opinion: Why e-bikes are now in a provincial program
- In My Opinion: Allowing exports is how America COMPETES best
- In My Opinion: Why Congress should pass SEERA
Processors
- Environmental nonprofit lands e-scrap contract with major city
- European firms invest in Midwest e-scrap recycling companies
- Supply chain jam creates long delays for recycling equipment
Refurbishment/reuse
- Dell offers end-to-end device management
- Microsoft publishes independent review of its repair policies
- Under repair pressure, another OEM partners with iFixit
Regulation/oversight
- California bill would set up EPR for batteries
- Researchers propose global ‘ultimate producer responsibility’
- DISH Network agrees to recycle scrap after disposal lawsuit