Hawai'i added a host of new electronic devices and peripherals to its existing e-scrap law this year, also giving manufacturers more time to reach a 70% recycling and reuse target. 

Recent earnings reports from Iron Mountain and ITAD company Echo's parent company showed overall growth and pointed to headwinds in data center decommissioning and personal devices. 

Li-Cycle, once poised to build the first lithium-ion battery recycling facility of its kind in North America, is changing its leadership and limiting operations as it tries to sell the business or its assets. 

Communications giant AT&T, technology platform Recycle Global Exchange and nonprofit organization Compudopt are partnering to expand a program for collecting used electronics into more than 100 AT&T stores in the Southeastern U.S.

Call2Recycle's Battery Blitz School contest, in partnership with the Chittenden Solid Waste District and Earth Rangers, brought in more than 4,000 pounds of batteries from seven Vermont schools.  Commercial Solar Panel Recycling

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: AO Itad Services DBA Spark Recycle of Northbrook, Illinois; Comstock Metals of Silver Springs, Nevada; CTNY of Carrollton, Texas; Cyclic Materials of Kingston, Canada; Cyclic Materials of Kingston, Canada; eAsset S

The U.S. government decided not to have recently fired workers return federally issued electronics, instead noting they will be "remotely sanitized," despite the potentially sensitive information the laptops, tablets and phones may contain.

In April, readers were drawn to stories about iFixit and Back Market's partnership, details on Camston Wrather's bankruptcy case and laws on solar panels and the right to repair in Washington. Rare earth recycling and Li-Cycle's need for more funding also caught reader attention.

ITAD company Sage Sustainable Electronics has partnered with advisory firm Bloom ESG to offer certified carbon credits. 

E-plastics processor Synergy Electronics Recycling and its subsidiary, RePolyTex, have expanded their product line of composite boards made with recycled e-plastics and recently earned recognition from the Carolina Recycling Association.