As construction progresses "at full steam" on its secondary smelter in Georgia, Aurubis has decided to spend an additional $276 million to double the plant's metals recovery capacity. 

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund is calling on Google to extend the software expiration date of its Chromebooks. 

Aqua Metals and 6K Energy partnered to develop low-carbon conversion technology to recycle materials into battery-grade cathode active material precursors, with the goal of supporting production of sustainable lithium-ion batteries.  Color

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Citi Zone USA of Miami, and Nexus Cellular of Mississauga, Ontario. After completing successful audits, the organizations listed below achieved one or more of these NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction of hard drives, physical destruction of solid state devices, over-writing or degaussing of physical hard driv

Security software company ESET bought 16 used routers. Nine still held sensitive corporate data on them. 

The extended producer responsibility program in the nation's capital will allow for the use of R2-certified electronics recycling companies, even though city leaders recently reversed an R2 prohibition put into effect a year and a half ago. 

Lithium button cell batteries sparked a small fire at BlueSky Solutions, but an official at the North Carolina e-scrap recycler said workflow changes have been made to prevent future incidents. 

Last week's Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Convention put a focus on two issues critical to the global side of the sector: the state of recycling in China and efforts to enhance shipping protocols.

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Two Atelier Signes d'Espoir locations in Québec City; Cimelia Resource Recovery of Singapore; Edhini Recycling of District Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India; Great Lakes Electronics Corporation of Roseville, Mich.; Li Tong (H.

Dave Kowaleski, president and general manager of American Baler Company, retired after 47 years.