The Electronic Products Recycling Association joined hospitality industry certification group Green Key Global's vendor program, which connects electronics recycling service providers with certified hospitality businesses. Iron Mountain

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Aleia DBA Surplus Service of Soledad, California; Comprenew of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Digital Tech International of Doral, Florida; Enviroserve Services of Dubai Industrial City, United Arab Emirates; GSM Club of Bronx, New

Two e-scrap collectors that allegedly sent cathode ray tube glass to failed Midwest processor Recycletronics recently received demand letters from the U.S. EPA seeking compensation for more than $1.3 million in cleanup costs from Superfund remediation activities in 2022.

After a year that recorded a notable increase in e-scrap facility battery fires, the growing hazard and ways of mitigating it received ample attention at the Recycled Materials Association's annual conference in San Diego this week.

Although the emphasis on device repairability has risen in recent years, many devices are discarded because of a circuit board failure when they are quite fixable, said Kyle Wiens, CEO of repair firm iFixit.

Colorado is adding extended producer responsibility for another material stream to its state laws, this time for batteries. 

Ahead of the start of Oregon's updated e-scrap recycling program in 2026, the state Department of Environmental Quality published a timeline of important dates.

As recycling companies seek to improve workplace safety amid an industry-wide increase in on-the-job fatalities, experts at a recent industry summit advised managers to focus their attention on — and for top executives, even to attend — the regular pre-shift safety meetings.

The Poland economic development ministry offered Ascend Elements up to $320 million to support construction of a lithium-ion battery materials plant. Blancco Technology Group

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: BES Traders of Mahwah, New Jersey; Ecostar Recycling of Dahisar Mori, India; Electronic Recyclers International of Fresno, California; Green Mountain Recycling of Oshawa, Canada; K12 Computers DBA Eleutheria Electronics of L