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TerraCycle has launched collection services that will feed businesses' used electronics to Clean Earth for data destruction and recycling. Clean Earth also recently announced its own mail-in service.

The owner and operator of a North Carolina e-scrap company has pleaded guilty to illegally storing lead-bearing CRT materials.

The former leader of Recycletronics, an Iowa e-scrap firm that amassed CRT stockpiles and failed in 2017, has been sentenced to probation for violating federal hazardous waste laws.

Global ITAD and e-scrap processing company Sims Lifecycle Services recently launched a "sustainability calculator," a tool to quantify for clients the environmental benefits associated with asset recovery.

Apple will sell its parts and tools to individual consumers so they can make common repairs for iPhones, the company announced this week.

Remote software locks allow companies to wipe their sensitive data from stolen or lost computers. But ITAD processors say the increasingly popular technology can also throw a wrench into the device refurbishment process.

Two electronics manufacturers and a reverse logistics contractor recently described what they look for in recycling vendors. They also discussed how audits have changed during the pandemic – and why some changes may be here to stay.

[caption id="attachment_17081" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The recently announced Georgia plant would be able to process 90,000 metric tons of recovered materials. | Courtesy of Aurubis[/caption] One of the world's largest copper producers this week laid out plans for a $345 million smelter in Georgia

Hundreds of electronics recycling and reuse leaders gathered this week for a conference that explored how stakeholders have coped with COVID-19 - and detailed what comes next for the sector.

A class-action lawsuit against Morgan Stanley stemming from fumbled ITAD jobs has been tentatively settled, although details of the agreement remain confidential for now.