Bloomberg takes readers on a tour of the Chinese town of Guiyu as it looks to formalize electronics recycling, and flooding in parts of India has complicated e-scrap efforts.
Amazon is urging its customers in the U.K. to immediately recycle any "hoverboards" they purchased from the site, saying they will be refunded within days.
Telecommunications giant Comcast has agreed to pay the state of California a hefty sum for illegally disposing of e-scrap and other devices over the past decade and for failing to protect customer information.
The cable TV and Internet provider reached a $25.95 million settlement with the California Attorney General and Alameda County District Attorney.
A town in southern China that's known as one of the world's most notorious destinations for e-scrap is undergoing a government-mandated makeover.
According to reports last week from English-language media outlets in China, all informal e-scrap processors in Guiyu will be required to move their businesses to a newly built industrial park by the start of 2016. As of late November, 400 "large workshops" had been persuaded to make the move.
New Jersey lawmakers will decide today whether to move a bill that would beef up the state's e-scrap program out of committee and onto the General Assembly floor for a vote.
The eight-member Assembly Appropriations Committee is expected to convene this afternoon to discuss the merits of
Most e-scrap leaving U.S. shores is reused in developing countries, not dumped, an Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries official said.
Scott Horne, counsel at the Washington, D.C.-based Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and a longtime international trade expert, talked with E-Scrap News about what he said are misconceptions about e-scrap exports.
Romania remains well short of a 2021 European Union target for e-scrap collections, and Sims Metals Management brought profitability to its global e-scrap recycling business in fiscal year 2015.
If all electronics generated in Europe's waste stream were recycled, the industry could realize nearly $2.3 billion in revenue, according to an article at
Last week's Electronics Recycling Asia Conference in Singapore touched on the circular economy, industry certifications and the diverse systems in place to recover e-scrap in Southeast Asia.
Running from the Nov. 10-13, the conference drew 138 attendees and attracted 18 exhibiting companies.
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The fate of the world does not likely hinge on whether or not the dumping of electronic waste, depicted over the years by the Basel Action Network (BAN) and the many journalist
A bill that would reshape New Jersey's e-scrap program was passed late last week by members of the state's General Assembly.
Bloomberg takes readers on a tour of the Chinese town of Guiyu as it looks to formalize electronics recycling, and flooding in parts of India has complicated e-scrap efforts.
Amazon is urging its customers in the U.K. to immediately recycle any "hoverboards" they purchased from the site, saying they will be refunded within days.
New Jersey lawmakers will decide today whether to move a bill that would beef up the state's e-scrap program out of committee and onto the General Assembly floor for a vote.
Most e-scrap leaving U.S. shores is reused in developing countries, not dumped, an Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries official said.
The fate of the world does not likely hinge on whether or not the dumping of electronic waste, depicted over the years by the Basel Action Network (BAN) and the many journalist
A North Carolina company that once hoped to establish e-scrap recycling across the U.S.