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
- OEM and repair firm begin e-scrap outreach effort
- Battery processors lay out latest moves
- ITAD service provider buys collection software company
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
- 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
- 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
- Operator looks to expand e-plastic sorting system
- Details on a Canadian e-plastics operation
- Midwest reclaimer puts $2 million into e-plastics line
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
- Repair, regulations and research in Europe
- Roundup of used electronics news around the world
- France will assign devices a repair rating
Exports
- Basel proposals could upend export landscape
- Experts talk impact of material exports to Africa
- Basel plastic rules cause immediate e-plastics strife
Flat-panel displays
- Company rolls out flat-panel processing technology
- Details on Total Reclaim prison sentences
- Nationwide processor embraces robotic sortation
Industry groups
- OEMs and processors join global e-scrap partnership
- How can the sector boost female and minority leadership?
- Lights, camera, device repair: Movie highlights sector
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
- Some metal pricing slumps as China reduces investment
- Trade-in exec: 5G will bolster used phone markets this year
- Copper price climbs to recent record
Metals
- Some metal pricing slumps as China reduces investment
- Researchers explore lower-temperature processing
- Copper price climbs to recent record
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
- OEMs and processors join global e-scrap partnership
- Microsoft hits 84% asset reuse rate in data centers
- Apple to pay $113 million in battery-throttling case
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
- Resale market powers revenue boost for Texas company
- Processor partners with emerging battery recycler
- Recycletronics exec pleads guilty to CRT charges
Refurbishment/reuse
- Repair, regulations and research in Europe
- Trade-in exec: 5G will bolster used phone markets this year
- Microsoft hits 84% asset reuse rate in data centers
Regulation/oversight
- Analysis details costs of a state’s e-scrap regulations
- Metech and California regulators settle waste lawsuit
- California may add OLED devices and others to recycling program