Washington's collection numbers continue their downward trend, and curbside e-scrap collection comes to an end in a South Carolina community.
Collection numbers: Washington state collected more than 2.3 million pounds of electronics for recycling in February.
Electronics keep getting smaller and lighter, but the Computer Recycling Center keeps boosting diverted weights each year.
The key is education and outreach.
“We would like to think that while there are certainly many individuals and organizations in southern Missouri that are not aware of the dangers and hazards of waste electronics, we have made an impact on the area and e
PerkinElmer used interconnected pieces of equipment to burn e-scrap and study the gases that were emitted.[/caption]
It's well understood that torching scrap electronics - either through crude processing or accidental warehouse fires - releases harmful toxics.
China’s recent crackdown on imports of e-scrap and other materials has exposed smuggling operations, led to dozens of arrests and resulted in the confiscation of more than 22,000 tons of material.
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Firms active in California's electronics recycling program increasingly turned to landfill disposal for CRT material in 2016.
According to data supplied by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), over 77 million pounds of CRT glass were handled by program participants in 2016 and 45 percent of that total - nearly 35 million pounds - w
Most people agree electronics should be recycled rather than thrown away, but consensus quickly evaporates when discussing how the costs should be paid.
"Figuring out how to pay for recycling electronics is difficult," said Sarah Murray, coordinator of Wisconsin's E-Cycle program, during a recent webinar.
A trucking company is suing two electronics recycling firms and a logistics provider, claiming they were responsible for a battery explosion and fire that injured employees and damaged property.
Wilson Trucking Corp.
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A Minnesota company is distancing itself from the wider metals recycling market to focus squarely on end-of-life electronics processing.
Integrated Recycling Technologies (IRT) this week announced it is moving into a 42,000-square-foot facility in the city of Waite Park, Minn.
An e-scrap startup reflects on its first half-decade, and a Filipino writer cautions lawmakers to adopt e-scrap legislation in the interest of public health.
India: Scientists have developed a method of using e-scrap to treat wastewater and generate electricity.