A bill winding its way through the North Carolina legislature would eliminate the state's six-year-old e-scrap recycling system and prohibition on landfilling electronics.
Worldwide shipments of new mobile phones will increase 3.1 percent in 2016, a substantial slowdown from growth in previous years, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).
Meanwhile, IDC predicts tablet shipments will decline for the second straight year, dropping 9.6 percent in 2016 compared with last year's volume.
In the mobile phone space, the Massachusetts-based research firm predicts a continued decrease in growth of new phone purchases in matur
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Closed Loop Refining and Recovery was founded in 2010 with a straightforward business plan.
A southeast U.S. e-scrap company that recently filed for bankruptcy says it is out of cash and has CRT devices on hand, although the exact volume of material is unclear.
A bill in the Illinois Senate that would have limited the ability of e-scrap certification programs to enforce their standards will not get a vote during the spring legislative session.
A county in West Virginia could legally allow the landfilling of electronics but is choosing not to, and an investment expert predicts continued low prices for metals commodities.
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E-scrap company FCM will be recycling plastics from scrap electronics at a site in Cornwall, Ontario.
The plant is 25,000 square feet in size and is capable of handling around 15,400 tons of recycled plastic annually, Cornwall's local Seaway News reports.
A bill winding its way through the North Carolina legislature would eliminate the state's six-year-old e-scrap recycling system and prohibition on landfilling electronics.
Closed Loop Refining and Recovery was founded in 2010 with a straightforward business plan.
A bill to update the state electronics recycling framework in Minnesota is now awaiting the signature of the state's governor.
A southeast U.S. e-scrap company that recently filed for bankruptcy says it is out of cash and has CRT devices on hand, although the exact volume of material is unclear.
A bill in the Illinois Senate that would have limited the ability of e-scrap certification programs to enforce their standards will not get a vote during the spring legislative session.
The weight of electronics recycled by Canadians continues to grow at a substantial pace, a report from Statistics Canada shows.
A county in West Virginia could legally allow the landfilling of electronics but is choosing not to, and an investment expert predicts continued low prices for metals commodities.