[caption id="attachment_8755" align="aligncenter" width="800"]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
[caption id="attachment_10008" align="aligncenter" width="737"]Federal researchers have developed a process that could make lithium-ion battery recycling more economically viable. | Allyson Kitts / Shutterstock[/caption]
Scientists announc
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
[caption id="attachment_16831" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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
[caption id="attachment_14875" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Research shows there are nearly 60 electronics processing facilities in Texas, some focusing on refurbishment and reuse exclusively. | penofoto / Shutterstock[/caption]
A state report examining recycling in T
[caption id="attachment_16835" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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
[caption id="attachment_16836" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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
[caption id="attachment_16756" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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
[caption id="attachment_16798" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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
[caption id="attachment_16796" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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