E-scrap import enforcement action by the Malaysian government drew reader interest last month, as did a lithium-ion battery recycling startup, the ongoing legal saga of Closed Loop CRT suppliers, an e-plastics processing line and a company's inaugural sustainability report.

Two battery recycling projects will add drop-off locations at hundreds of Staples and Batteries Plus across the country thanks to U.S. Department of Energy funds, the agency announced this week.

The Remade Institute got a federal financial boost to develop online e-scrap workforce training in multiple languages, targeting roles that don't require four-year college degrees. 

The Basel Action Network this week rolled out a confidential reporting website seeking to make it easier for observers to report poor e-scrap management practices, such as questionable exports of devices and e-plastics, data security lapses and problematic storage or disposal.

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Beijing Enliven Hi-Technology of Shanghai, China; C1 International Miami of Doral, Florida; CXtec of Syracuse, New York; Prudent It-Tech Asset Recovery of Ontario, California; Rexi DBA Rexi Resale of Coppell, Texas;

The Basel Action Network and Sustainable Electronics Recycling International will host a joint webinar on Tuesday, July 16, discussing upcoming changes to the Basel Convention. Call2Recycle

Legislative sessions are winding down for the summer. Some bills covering electronics and batteries made it across the finish line this year, while others stalled out. Here's a roundup of what happened. 

Call2Recycle Canada recycled nearly 13.2 million pounds of batteries in 2023, its best year yet, the organization recently announced. 

Samsung collected 1.3 billion pounds of end-of-life electronics last year, its largest ever single-year global collection figure.

Chinese reverse logistics platform ATRenew released a 2023 sustainability report noting the company, along with third-party recycling firms, dismantled 111,700 devices during the year, or nearly 40,000 pounds. i-SIGMA, which administers the NAID data destruction certification,