New York to subsidize counties’ e-scrap budgets
New York state officials will dip into an environmental fund to pay half of the e-scrap recycling expenses incurred each...
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U.K. collection at record high in 2015
Statistics released by the U.K. government show well over 500,000 metric tons of household electronics and appliances were collected for...
CT lawmakers consider action on plastic bags and packaging EPR
A Connecticut bill sits in uncharted territory when it comes to regulating plastic bags: The legislation ensures they're recyclable and...
Four states report on their e-scrap programs
New York's e-scrap collections were down about 3 percent in 2014, while Wisconsin saw an 18 percent drop. At the...
Maine bill overhauls state composting and recycling efforts
Maine legislators are mulling a wide-ranging bill meant to help the state meet its 50 percent diversion goal. Legislative Document...
Changing the game changer
This story originally appeared in the January 2016 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. The history...
Best Buy announces collection changes
Best Buy has announced it will begin charging for TVs and computer monitors customers bring into the company's stores for...
Wisconsin bill targets e-scrap recycling obligations, rural collections
A Wisconsin bill aims to increase the amount of e-scrap manufacturers are on the hook to recycle each year and...
Chris Christie vetoes e-scrap and paint stewardship bills
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has killed two pieces of recycling-oriented legislation – one focused on updating the state's struggling...
New Jersey’s Christie vetoes e-scrap bill
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie killed legislation aimed at overhauling the state's troubled extended producer responsibility program for electronics. The...
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