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By rr_test_admin, 9 July, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16237" align="aligncenter" width="900"]E-scrap in a residential yard. The proposed bill covers TVs, computers, laptops, printers and a handful of additional devices. | Ronald Rampsch / Shutterstock[/caption] Legislation introduced in the Bay State establishes extended producer responsibility for end-of-life consume
By rr_test_admin, 1 July, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16197" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Microsoft company logo on building. Microsoft declined to comment on the shareholder resolution, but a company spokesperson pointed to Microsoft's Devices Sustainability Report for the 2020 fiscal year.| Eric Glenn / Shutterstock[/caption] An advocacy group filed a share
By rr_test_admin, 1 July, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_16196" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]CRTs collected for processing. Researchers pointed to targeted subsidies and higher penalties for fraud as things that could potentially solve the problem of dishonest recycling. | Gwoeii / Shutterstock[/caption] Cost is the main factor contributing to fraudulent recycling activities, researchers
By rr_test_admin, 1 July, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16183" align="aligncenter" width="692"]Closed Loop Arizona site from drone. A drone photo showing CRT glass piles at the South 59th Avenue site, from a cleanup plan prepared by Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions.[/caption] In recent months, crews have cleaned up nearly 40 million pounds of CRT materials at former Closed Loop locations in
By rr_test_admin, 24 June, 2021
[caption id="attachment_8843" align="aligncenter" width="1080"]Scrap hard drives for recycling. A White House report emphasizes the importance of recycling in supplying the country with rare earth elements. | kazu326 / Shutterstock[/caption] The federal government should encourage design for recyclability in consumer electronics and support technologies
By rr_test_admin, 24 June, 2021
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="950"]View of the U.S. Capitol building with blue sky. Proposed national legislation follows a flurry of state right-to-repair bills that were introduced this year. | EQRoy / Shutterstock[/caption] A federal lawmaker has introduced legislation requiring electronics manufacturers to provide resources facilitating independent device repair.
By rr_test_admin, 17 June, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_16079" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Cascade Asset Management facility in Orlando, Fla. At full capacity, Cascade Asset Management's new facility will have a capacity to process about 2.4 million pounds per year. | Courtesy of Cascade Asset Management[/caption] Cascade Asset Management has opened a facility in Orlando, Fla., allowin
By rr_test_admin, 17 June, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16083" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]New York capitol building in Albany. The New York Senate approved right-to-repair legislation on the same day the state's legislative session concluded. | Harold Stiver / Shutterstock[/caption] The New York State Senate this month voted in favor of legislation providing public acces
By rr_test_admin, 17 June, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16082" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Stacked mobile phones. The company noted the investment money will be used to build and deploy thousands of automated kiosks across the U.S., Europe and Asia. | goir / Shutterstock[/caption] Mobile device collector and resale firm ecoATM Gazelle has raised $75 million to roll out its automated k