The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is working through rulemaking on SB 1215, which adds items with embedded batteries to the state's existing e-scrap recycling program. 

BMW of North America and Redwood Materials partnered to recycle lithium-ion batteries from electric and hybrid BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad vehicles in the U.S. Repair hub iFixit

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: A&A Wireless Services of Hicksville, New York; AO Itad Services DBA Spark Recycle of Northbrook, Illinois; Attyah Tech DBA Attyah Recycling of Chantilly, Virgina; Dr Refix of Rancho Cucamonga, California; DragonFly Refresh

Major publicly-traded IT asset disposition firm Iron Mountain has continued its recent string of acquisitions, with Wisetek joining the ranks of Regency Technologies and ITRenew as Iron Mountain assets.

The Stewardship Agencies of British Columbia worked together to divert a record 425 million kilograms of end-of-life products from landfills in 2023, and leaders pointed to factors including the efficiency and education that collaboration brings. 

Apple's latest operating system update will expand a feature unpopular with reuse and repair advocates to not just cover the phone as a whole but also individual parts. 

Illumynt, a Boston-headquartered ITAD firm, has brought founder Paul Knight back to lead the company as CEO and shuffled other leadership positions. The changes come as the company is opening three new facilities globally due to a large contract.

Wisconsin-based Universal Recycling Technologies and California's Hanil Eco Solutions are combining their expertise to achieve Basel Convention compliance in e-plastics recycling, the companies announced this week.

Plastics technology company AIMPLAS coordinated a project in Europe to reuse and recycle lithium-ion batteries. Battery recycling firm Cirba Solutions

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: A&A Wireless Services of Hicksville, New York; AJS Mobile of Brooklyn, New York; Attyah Tech DBA Attyah Recycling of Chantilly, Virginia; Baytech Recovery of Hayward California; Exigo Recycling of Karnal, India;