With E-Scrap 2017 fast approaching, we've been highlighting a few of the experts who will share their insights on stage in Orlando. With less than a week to go, we're offering our final interview, with Sarah Downes.
Downes is the project leader for the ProSUM (Prospecting Secondary raw materials in the Urban mine and Mining wastes) project in Europe.
A unique, non-toxic leaching technology that's been deployed in Canada is set to roll out at the site of an electronics manufacturer in Tennessee.
Vancouver, British Columbia-based EnviroLeach will start up its first full-scale North American processing facility in a facility in Memphis.
Though overall revenue fell, profits at global e-scrap company Sims Recycling Solutions grew significantly last year, according to the firm's latest financial filings.
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), the electronics recycling arm of Australia-based scrap metal company Sims Metal Management, contributed earnings of 20 million Australian dollar
Seven e-scrap entities have been accused of questionable downstream practices by the Basel Action Network, after tracking devices showed they were involved in moving materials that were eventually exported to developing countries.
Named in Basel Action Network's (BAN)
A number of CRT-related updates, including an $18 million judgment in a lawsuit against one firm, drew our readers' clicks in August.
The list below shows our top stories last month in terms of unique page views.
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A lawsuit accuses Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, Kuusakoski, and UNICOR of being responsible for a "sham recycling scheme" that led to the abandonment of over 100 million pounds of CRT material in Columbus, Ohio.
The suit, filed Sept.
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E-Scrap 2017 kicks off in Orlando in less than two weeks, and we're highlighting a few of the experts who will take the stage to share their insights.
This week, we talk with Linda Li, chief strategy officer at reverse supply chain management firm Re-Teck, to learn her thoughts on planning for and embracing industry changes, and
Hong Kong courts convicted seven importers of illegally bringing in e-scrap from several countries. The U.S. was on the list of exporting countries.
According to a recent
Three million pounds of CRT materials sit stockpiled in an Arizona warehouse formerly used by Dow Management, and the current property owner wants upstream generators of the material to pay for its cleanup.
In a legal case filed this year, 10 California e-scrap companies are accused of negligence, trespass, nuisance and other legal violations for alleged
An initiative in Europe will work to overcome obstacles to the closed-loop recycling of plastics from electronics and appliances.
The Post-Consumer High-tech Recycled Polymers for a Circular Economy (PolyCE) project will undertake various activities to strengthen the recovery of plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).