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By rr_test_admin, 1 March, 2018
[caption id="attachment_7984" align="alignright" width="300"]Port of Seattle Total Reclaim was fined by state regulators for storing flat-panel display devices in trailers on Seattle's Harbor Island.[/caption] No longer receiving material from state electronics recycling programs in Washington and Oregon, processor Total Reclaim is attempting to weather recen
By rr_test_admin, 1 March, 2018
Circuit boardThe European Union will provide funding to help formalize e-scrap recycling in a West African country that has been at the center of heated material export debates. The EU will provide 1.2 million euros (about $1.46 million) to the E-MAGIN Ghana project over the next four years, according to
By rr_test_admin, 15 February, 2018
CRTsA TV collection debacle in one Pennsylvania township illustrates the problems the state electronics recycling program continues to face. Washington Township turned away truckloads of TVs just a week after reopening free e-scrap collections, according to the 
By rr_test_admin, 15 February, 2018
mobile devices for recycling A Samsung lithium-ion battery manufacturing subsidiary is exploring investment in recycling companies to recover cobalt and other materials, as demand climbs for the metals. Samsung SDI, which makes automotive and small-form lithium-ion batteries, is looking to solidify a long-term supply of cobalt amid skyrocketin
By rr_test_admin, 15 February, 2018
NY State Capitol buildingState lawmakers are considering a number of bills related to state electronics recycling programs this year, including two that create new extended producer responsibility laws. The following are a handful of e-scrap-related bills under consideration across
By rr_test_admin, 8 February, 2018
[caption id="attachment_7814" align="alignright" width="300"]CRTs collected for recycling Credit: Eric Dykstra[/caption] Changes in the end-of-life stream are prompting the oldest state electronics recycling program in the country to rethink its processor payment system. California regulators are considering splitting the program’s processing payment system, through which state go