E-scrap generation grew 63 percent in east and Southeast Asian countries in five years, a comprehensive study has found. Some nations are ill-equipped to handle that increase.
Why the substantial rise e-scrap volumes?
[caption id="attachment_3755" align="alignright" width="256"] Tom Bolon[/caption]
Let me cut to the chase: There is plenty of capacity at lead smelters in North America to fully recycle the lead from collected CRT glass.
We have all heard from one source or another that the smelters are either shutting down or drastically lowering their capacity
[caption id="attachment_3897" align="alignright" width="300"] J.J. Santos[/caption]
In developed countries, the ceramics industry is one of the sectors with the highest investment in innovation aimed at limiting the environmental impacts of its activities.
The future will bring substantial changes in the e-scrap recycling world, and companies will have to adapt to remain competitive, industry leaders said at the International Electronics Recycling Congress.
One of those changes will be the increasing adoption of the Internet of Things, or a multitude of wirelessly connected devices, some small and wearable.
Overa
LED lights could offer a growing source of valuable metals, and current spending offers a look at the products that could dominate the waste stream in the future.
No more CRTs: The Health Department Recycle Center in Canton, Ohio will no longer accept CRTs beginning next week,
Scotland authorities fine a man for attempting to export e-scrap to Nigeria, and Hong Kong will charge fees to electronics importers to pay for end-of-life recycling services.
Scotland: A man was prosecuted and fined for attempting to export electronic scrap to Nigeria, according to the
Colt Recycling Southeast of Hickory, N.C. has achieved the R2:2013, OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO 14001:2004 certifications.
File Shred of Glastonbury, Conn.; Secure Destruction Service of Huntsville, Ala.; and Sims Recycling Solutions of LaVergne, Tenn.
Washington state has never before collected fewer pounds of electronics through its e-scrap program.
The Evergreen State's extended producer responsibility program for electronics collected 36.86 million pounds in 2016, the lightest weight collected si
[caption id="attachment_3757" align="alignright" width="300"] The ERI facility in Lincoln Park, N.J.[/caption]
While many e-scrap companies have begun avoiding the CRT-heavy streams that define local government collections, the leader of one major processor says cities continue to be valuable partners for his firm.
ERI last week announced the opening of an e-scrap consolidation fa
E-scrap generation grew 63 percent in east and Southeast Asian countries in five years, a comprehensive study has found. Some nations are ill-equipped to handle that increase.
Why the substantial rise e-scrap volumes?
Tom Bolon[/caption]
Let me cut to the chase: There is plenty of capacity at lead smelters in North America to fully recycle the lead from collected CRT glass.
We have all heard from one source or another that the smelters are either shutting down or drastically lowering their capacity
J.J. Santos[/caption]
In developed countries, the ceramics industry is one of the sectors with the highest investment in innovation aimed at limiting the environmental impacts of its activities.
The future will bring substantial changes in the e-scrap recycling world, and companies will have to adapt to remain competitive, industry leaders said at the International Electronics Recycling Congress.
One of those changes will be the increasing adoption of the Internet of Things, or a multitude of wirelessly connected devices, some small and wearable.
Overa
LED lights could offer a growing source of valuable metals, and current spending offers a look at the products that could dominate the waste stream in the future.
No more CRTs: The Health Department Recycle Center in Canton, Ohio will no longer accept CRTs beginning next week, 
Scotland authorities fine a man for attempting to export e-scrap to Nigeria, and Hong Kong will charge fees to electronics importers to pay for end-of-life recycling services.
Scotland: A man was prosecuted and fined for attempting to export electronic scrap to Nigeria, according to the 
Washington state has never before collected fewer pounds of electronics through its e-scrap program.
The Evergreen State's extended producer responsibility program for electronics 
The ERI facility in Lincoln Park, N.J.[/caption]
While many e-scrap companies have begun avoiding the CRT-heavy streams that define local government collections, the leader of one major processor says cities continue to be valuable partners for his firm.
ERI last week announced the opening of an e-scrap consolidation fa