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By rr_test_admin, 12 September, 2019

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[caption id="attachment_11800" align="aligncenter" width="950"]Business meeting with documents on table. Details on the closure of Arrow Electronics' ITAD division captured clicks in August. | dokurose/Shutterstock[/caption] Stories about business struggles, a facility fire, and a high-profile legal disputes drew our readers' interest last
By rr_test_admin, 11 September, 2019

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The 2019 E-Scrap Conference and Trade Show is less than two weeks away, and we're giving you one last interview with an industry leader set to take to the stage in Orlando. [caption id="attachment_12016" align="alignright" width="200"] Kevin Dillon[/caption] Kevin Dillon is chief operating officer and chief sales officer at nationwide processor ERI.
By rr_test_admin, 6 September, 2019
[caption id="attachment_11992" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Low unemployment rates are making it hard for recycling companies to find and keep reliable employees for entry-level jobs.  | tadamichi/Shutterstock[/caption] This story has been updated. An initiative launched by e-Stewards will give 10 certified processo
By rr_test_admin, 6 September, 2019
[caption id="attachment_11985" align="aligncenter" width="980"] MBA Polymers plans to start processing e-scrap devices at the new facility in 2020. | PIYAWAT WONGOPASS/Shutterstock[/caption] Global plastics recycling company MBA Polymers will open a facility in Germany to recover e-plastics from electronics and appliances. MBA Poly
By rr_test_admin, 6 September, 2019
[caption id="attachment_11978" align="aligncenter" width="980"] In 2018 Fairfax County collected nearly 1.6 million pounds of scrap electronics. | Lukasz Stefanski/Shutterstock[/caption] E-scrap collection contracting in Fairfax County, Va.
By rr_test_admin, 22 August, 2019
[caption id="attachment_11912" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Industrial Services of America (ISA) plans to sell substantially all of its assets to River Metals Recycling LLC. | YuRi Photolife/Shutterstock[/caption] Industrial Services of America, located in Kentucky and Indiana, is being acquired by a regional competitor after a period of finan
By rr_test_admin, 22 August, 2019
[caption id="attachment_11907" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Recycling of rare earth metals has drawn greater attention in the e-scrap industry in recent years. | stuphipps/Shutterstock[/caption] European Union grant money will fund a rare earth metals recycling project in the U.K.
By rr_test_admin, 15 August, 2019
[caption id="attachment_11853" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Apple confirmed its installation of battery-checking software. | gowithstock/Shutterstock[/caption] Newer iPhone models contain software that effectively impedes third-party battery replacement, according to a repair advocacy group.