CompuCycle of Houston has achieved e-Stewards certification.  The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: AERC Acquisition Company (dba AERC Recycling Solutions, A Clean Earth Company) of Richmond, Va.; American Cellular Technology

Europeans may soon have a more consistent right to repair electronics after the European Commission proposed a template for rules promoting the repair of goods. 

Researchers in Minnesota recently estimated what a 100% e-scrap recycling rate would look like in terms of metals recovery, finding that it would generate 78.6 million pounds of metals worth $2.8 billion. 

Electronics Recyclers International and nonprofit Opportunity Enterprises have teamed up to provide e-scrap recycling training for people with disabilities in Indiana. 

In the future, e-scrap processors in California could receive state money to recycle electric toothbrushes, electronic greeting cards, toys and a host of other items with embedded batteries, state regulators recently suggested. 

PRI will invest $2 million to install an e-plastics sorting line in South Carolina, part of the company's longer-term push to boost domestic recycling capacity for e-plastics. 

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Cell Deal of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Sunnking of Brockport, N.Y.; Sunnking of Whitesboro, N.Y.; and Valutech Out Sourcing of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.  After completing successful audits, the organizations listed below achieve

Cirba Solutions announced it will build an EV battery materials facility in South Carolina.

One of the biggest e-scrap smelters in the world boosted its consumption of scrap electronics by 14% last year, achieving the highest number in four years. 

A family of southwestern U.S. ITAD and e-scrap recycling companies dramatically increased their profit margins last year, on both the reuse and recycling sides of the business.