The Recycled Materials Association warned of potential "severe" disruption to the materials recovery sector after tariffs targeting the U.S.'s largest trading partners took effect March 4. Canada's proposed response includes tariffs on U.S. exports of recycled materials.

KC Recycling CEO Pete Stamper received Canada's King Charles III Coronation Medal. KC Recycling is the largest lead battery recycler in western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.  The U.S.

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Cell Deal of Brooklyn, New York; Clover Tech Pro of Oak Park, Michigan; Granite Financial Solutions DBA Granite Data Solutions of McClellan Park, California; MobilTech Global Services of Forth Worth, Texas; Prakruthi Recycling

Last year, a study suggested that household products containing plastic possibly recovered from electronics had high levels of flame retardants – but the authors issued a correction to the work after finding a miscalculation.

Nonprofit organization PCs for People recently expanded into Seattle, taking over the operations of what was previously the nonprofit InterConnection.

In this year's "Failing the Fix" scorecard, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group said cell phones overall are getting more repairable, while laptops have stagnated.

A recent criminal case involving device theft during federal government asset disposition jobs is shining new light on 2024 audits highlighting IT asset management weaknesses at the FBI, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and others.

Ace Green Recycling signed two key agreements to license its technology and battery recycling equipment to Mel Metal, an Armenian non-ferrous scrap recycling company.  California Assemblymembers Jacqui Irwin and Lori

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: CSI Electronics Processing Centre DBA CSI EPC of Surrey, Canada; Data IT of Ontario, California; Diablo Holding of Raleigh, North Carolina; E Save of San Ysidro, California; Greenbox New Zealand of Upper Hutt, New Zealand;

Call2Recycle is rolling out a new program to enable responsible recycling of large batteries for equipment like lawnmowers, snow blowers and power tools.  CSI EPC, the Canadian arm of U.S.-based ITAD firm EPC Global Solutions,