Universal Recycling Technologies has invested nearly $7 million in a processing facility that will greatly expand the company's commodities recovery and electronics refurbishment capabilities.
Improper disposal of lithium-ion batteries led to a $25,000 fine for a California recycling company after the batteries sparked several garbage truck fires.
A company that provides used phone history reports has formally launched a robot that automatically grades a device's cosmetic condition, performs diagnostics and erases data.
Readers in November were drawn to articles about how major OEMs approach sustainability, a CRT case settlement, an emerging blockchain-based ITAD trading tool and more.
Owners of Phoenix warehouses filed a federal lawsuit against e-scrap companies that shipped CRT materials to Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, and already two defendants have agreed to pay out roughly $1 million each.
Owners of a farm across the road from a planned e-scrap smelter in Indiana filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the project, arguing that a facility of its type isn't allowed by the local zoning code.
Intel is trying several angles in pursuit of its goal to send zero waste to landfill, including redesign of circuit boards for easier recycling and educating consumers on how to recycle via a video game.
A European R&D project aims to create an AI-powered system that can detect and automatically remove batteries from e-scrap before they present fire risks at recycling facilities.
Leaders from Dell, Google and Samsung laid out details this week on how their companies are building strategies around repair, device longevity and more.