The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Andios of Brooklyn, N.Y.; DAF Enterprises (dba E Cyclers of Idaho) of Idaho Falls, Idaho; IT-Re of Oklahoma City; and JA Mitsui Lease Asset of Tokyo. 

Ambient Photonics and Chicony plan to develop a battery-free wireless keyboard powered by Ambient's low-light solar photovoltaic cells.  American Battery Technology Company

Packaging and Crating Technologies (PACT) and Fireproof Solutions have collaborated to create an agent that works "quickly, safely and neatly" to put out lithium-ion battery fires. 

A secondary aluminum company has begun licensing a technology to reduce impurities in molten recycled aluminum, according to the REMADE Institute. 

The total e-scrap weight handled by Washington state's program dropped, one device was wrongly exported to the Middle East and a processor exited the program last year, according to an annual report.

In its latest round of equity funding, battery recycler Redwood Materials netted $1 billion to put toward its capacity-building efforts. 

Electronics recycling and reuse companies say insurance has become significantly more expensive and difficult to manage, so they're employing a number of strategies to cope.

Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations formed an e-scrap recycling agreement.  EMR and Northvolt brought an electric

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: American Secure Technologies of Woodridge, Ill.; Jobs Foundation (dba Repowered) of Saint Paul, Minn.; Orchard Labs of Toronto; Techbuyer SARL of Brie-Comte-Robert, France; and

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