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By rr_test_admin, 14 October, 2021
[caption id="attachment_8755" align="aligncenter" width="800"]california flag In California, many products will soon need to meet a 60% recycling rate to be considered "recyclable." | Donald Walker / Shutterstock[/caption] Electronics manufacturers may be barred from telling consumers about certain device take-back program
By rr_test_admin, 14 October, 2021
The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification since early October 2021: American Cellular Solutions of Westlake, Ohio; C & I Electronics of Evansville, Ind.; Call2Recycle Canada of Toronto; Didion Orf Recycling of Saint Peters, Mo.; Echo Environmental of Carrollton, Texas; Fusion Green Technology
By rr_test_admin, 7 October, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16831" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Lock on keyboard. The Morgan Stanley data mismanagement case continues to work its way through the court system. | wk1003mike / Shutterstock[/caption] Data that was mismanaged during Morgan Stanley's ITAD processes has not been accessed for malicious intent, and therefor
By rr_test_admin, 7 October, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16835" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Open pit copper mine in Arizona. A petition calls on the federal government to prioritize metals recycling and reuse over new mining. | GSPhotography / Shutterstock[/caption] A coalition of Native American tribes and environmental activists are petitioning the feder
By rr_test_admin, 7 October, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16836" align="aligncenter" width="900"]USB type C cable with notebook ports. USB-C is already widely used around the world, but micro-USB continues to be used, and Apple uses its own Lightning port. | Primakov / Shutterstock[/caption] The European Commission is asking for regulations forcing mobile device manufacturers to
By rr_test_admin, 7 October, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_16756" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Data center drive removal. News around the Morgan Stanley data mismanagement lawsuit captured clicks in September. | Kjetil Kolbjornsrud / Shutterstock[/caption] Details from the Morgan Stanley data loss case, a Midwest CRT cleanup, a federal e-scrap sorting technolog
By rr_test_admin, 30 September, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_16798" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Inside Technology Recyclers' new facility in Indianapolis. Inside Technology Recyclers' new facility in Indianapolis. | Courtesy of Technology Recyclers[/caption] Enjoying a boom in new customers, an Indiana electronics recycling and reuse company is spending roughly $5 million to expand its
By rr_test_admin, 30 September, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16796" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Aerial view of Philadelphia. The Done with IT program will provide a mail-in donation option for residents within a 50-mile radius of the city. | Andrea Izzotti / Shutterstock[/caption] An effort to move used devices into the hands of people in need has been underway in P