Ontario-headquartered Cyclic Materials is actively sourcing hard disks from ITAD firms for its magnet extraction and rare earth processing operations. The company is planning to expand with multiple facilities in the U.S. and Canada in the coming years.
Sending battery-containing devices through the shredder is typically a no-no for several reasons, but manually removing and taping batteries prior to shredding the rest of the device is labor intensive. A newly unveiled processing system addresses the conundrum.
Two experts explain why Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) is playing a larger role in end-of-life electronics management and how recycling firms can incorporate ESG policies into their operations.
Advocates for electronics repair last month delivered a petition asking the Federal Trade Commission to craft rules to prohibit manufacturers from restricting repair of their products.
Aurubis will invest $359 million at a smelter, gold maintains its recent high prices and researchers say recycled copper from e-scrap doesn't necessarily generate fewer greenhouse gasses than virgin mined metal.
[caption id="attachment_23569" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]A story about e-Stewards' approach to e-plastics exports drew readers' clicks last month. | Courtesy of Basel Action Network (BAN)[/caption]
A couple of high-profile acquisitions - Iron Mountain's purchase of Regency Technologies and Closed Loop Partners' acquisition of Sage Susta
A story about e-Stewards' approach to e-plastics exports drew readers' clicks last month. | Courtesy of Basel Action Network (BAN)[/caption]