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By rr_test_admin, 23 September, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_16749" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Bitcoin miners on shelves. New research quantifies the e-scrap impact from Bitcoin mining, the energy- and hardware-intensive process of creating new Bitcoins. | Arina P Habich / Shutterstock[/caption] Bitcoin mining generates 67.7 million pounds of end-of-life electron
By rr_test_admin, 16 September, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16670" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Battery recycling equipment- Argonne National Labratory A materials separation module used for demonstrations at Argonne National Laboratory, located outside of Chicago. | Courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory[/caption] Scientists at a U.S.
By rr_test_admin, 16 September, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_8007" align="aligncenter" width="900"]California's capitol building in Sacramento. California legislators recently approved legislation regulating labeling on plastic packaging, with implications for electronics as well. | Bobkeenan Photography / Shutterstock[/caption] California legislation targeting h
By rr_test_admin, 16 September, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16702" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Inside an Apple store in Hong Kong. An Apple shareholder resolution follows a similar effort at Microsoft earlier this year. | Al.geba / Shutterstock[/caption] An environment-focused investment firm this month filed a shareholder resolution with Apple, asking th
By rr_test_admin, 2 September, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_16608" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Sims Lifecycle Services Mexico facility. Sims Lifecycle Services recently opened an IT asset disposition facility in Guadalajara, Mexico. | Courtesy of Sims Lifecycle Services[/caption] Sims Lifecycle Services has opened a processing center in Mexico, where the company has seen growing demand for ITAD an
By rr_test_admin, 2 September, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16597" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Wisconsin state capitol building area. A bill signed into law last month makes a number of changes to Wisconsin's 11-year-old EPR law for electronics. | Sean Pavone / Shutterstock[/caption] Under a recently signed bill, all K-12 schools in Wisconsin will be able to rec
By rr_test_admin, 2 September, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16595" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Stock market graph indicating higher prices. Aluminum is one of the metals e-scrap companies recover from electronics, in addition to precious metals, copper and steel. | ST House Studio / Shutterstock[/caption] Aluminum prices have climbed to their highest levels in ov