Apple is pushing to use more recycled metals in its products and debuted an overhead projector-based augmented reality system to make device dismantling easier for contractors.
When the CEO of electronics reuse and recycling company R3eWaste decided to license the firm's operations management software to the industry at large, he recognized that no competitors would bite if R3eWaste still used it.
Metals producer Mitsubishi Materials purchased a stake in a startup working to build a smelter in Indiana. Meanwhile, the company unveiled plans to substantially increase e-scrap recycling capacity at its Japanese smelters.
Electronics Recyclers International and nonprofit Opportunity Enterprises have teamed up to provide e-scrap recycling training for people with disabilities in Indiana.
In the future, e-scrap processors in California could receive state money to recycle electric toothbrushes, electronic greeting cards, toys and a host of other items with embedded batteries, state regulators recently suggested.
PRI will invest $2 million to install an e-plastics sorting line in South Carolina, part of the company's longer-term push to boost domestic recycling capacity for e-plastics.