Samsung Electronics is working to take cobalt from old Galaxy batteries and incorporate it into new batteries. 

Washington state regulators this month announced an enforcement action against longtime processor Total Reclaim, stemming from battery processing violations observed during a 2023 inspection.

Rare earth element recycler REEcycle received a $5.1 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense to advance its work in extracting elements critical to neodymium-iron-boron magnets — the key building blocks of renewable energy and national defense technologies. 

An annual industry overview from Cascade Asset Management found resale values have largely returned to pre-pandemic levels, and a majority of surveyed IT asset managers plan to maintain or ramp up technology spending in the coming year. That suggests plenty of incoming ITAD demand.

The Illinois Recycling Foundation is hosting a virtual workshop on the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act to encourage counties to opt into the program.  Log

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: CompuCycle of Houston, Texas; CompuCycle of Houston, Texas; Corporate Ewaste Solutions of Hayward, California; Decent Industry of Sungai Petani, Malaysia; Direct Resource Management of Livermore, California; ÉLTEX

Legislators have been filing bills all month as the 2025 session starts up, and in the e-scrap realm, two main topics are again at the forefront: extended producer responsibility for batteries and the right to repair consumer electronics. 

After a few years running his own consulting firm, new CXtec CEO Todd Zegers didn't think he'd re-enter the corporate world – until CXtec called. 

Countries within the OECD have announced how they'll each enforce new Basel Convention rules. As was foreshadowed by their previous failure to agree on uniform enforcement among all members, there is a fair amount of variance by nation.

Againtek, an ITAD firm with locations in the U.S.