Owl Electronic Recycling operates a wash line handling e-plastics at its Pennsylvania facility. | Courtesy of Owl Electronic Recycling[/caption]
Pennsylvania e-scrap firm Owl Electronic Recycling installed e-plastics sortation equipment in response to China's scrap plas
The settlement pertains to violations that occurred in 2015, 2016 and 2017, when Metech and its five U.S.
Copper, a key non-ferrous metal recovered from scrap electronics, has generally been climbing in value since March 2020. | kilukilu/Shutterstock[/caption]
After reaching an eight-year record last year, the price of copper has continued to increase, 
Much like a fuel service charge that is common in the logistics industry, OnePak will be reporting a Carbon Offset Cost for each pickup. | Siwakorn1933/Shutterstock[/caption]
IT asset management company OnePak recently began documenting the carbon f
Microsoft has plans to significantly expand its data center footprint beyond the current 3 million servers and related hardware, with sustainability in mind. | Ritu Manoj Jethani/Shutterstock[/caption]
A year afte
Sims' drive into the cloud was slowed by the coronavirus pandemic last year. | Maximumm/Shutterstock[/caption]
Sims Lifecycle Services enjoyed a year-over-year profit boost in the latter half of 2020, although COVID-19 slowed the company's push to r
Aqua Metals, a lead-acid battery technology company, is moving into the lithium-ion battery recycling business. | showcake/Shutterstock[/caption]
A battery recycling company goes public, North American collection numbers are released, and a lead
European metals refining company Boliden consumed its lowest quantity of scrap circuit boards in nearly a decade last year. | haraldmuc/Shutterstock[/caption]
For major e-scrap smelting companies, the turbulence of 2020 brought pandemic-driven su
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is an international treaty governing how waste is moved around the world. | phil berry/Shutterstock[/caption]
The Basel Conventi
Researchers delved into the question of exactly what is actually happening on the ground with electronics shipments to Africa. | Wead/Shutterstock[/caption]
During a recent panel discussion, an e-scrap researcher and a journalist described the consequences of exporting el