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By rr_test_admin, 10 December, 2020
[caption id="attachment_14975" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Closeup of a circuit board with copper. Some analysts predict copper prices will increase close to their 2011 record, when the metal was trading for more than $4.50 per pound. | Syafiq Adnan/Shutterstock[/caption] Prices for a major metal found in the electronics recycling stream
By rr_test_admin, 10 December, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_14964" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Various electronics gathered for recycling. E-scrap generation, by weight, is down by almost 10% compared with its peak in 2015. | DAMRONG RATTANAPONG/Shutterstock[/caption] The weight of electronics entering the recycling stream has dropped consistently since hitting
By rr_test_admin, 3 December, 2020
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Court gavel resting on a book. For years, 5R stockpiled millions of pounds of CRT glass in two states - and hid the violations from regulators and auditors - before the company failed. | Evlakhov Valeriy/Shutterstock[/caption] After admitting to his role in a CRT-stockpiling scheme and his company's legal troubles, an executive
By rr_test_admin, 19 November, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13999" align="aligncenter" width="850"]CRT materials spilled in the former Closed Loop facilitiy. Sony's payment will help fund cleanup of the estimated 160 million pound stockpile at two Ohio facilities. | Courtesy of EnSafe.[/caption] Sony Electronics agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle allegations that the company is liable for CRT materials abandoned b
By rr_test_admin, 19 November, 2020
[caption id="attachment_14876" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Hands at work on a laptop. Most enterprises say they've purchased laptops because of the pandemic, and most plan to resell the devices when they're no longer needed. | Alex Ruhl/Shutterstock[/caption] Nearly half of large organizations have created job positions related to man
By rr_test_admin, 19 November, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_14875" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Obsolete electronics gathered for recycling. Figures show a modest increase in recovery and a decrease in generation were responsible for the recycling rate increase. | penofoto/Shutterstock[/caption] After declining for multiple years and then remainin
By rr_test_admin, 12 November, 2020
[caption id="attachment_14832" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Businessmen shaking hands. Hyla's capabilities will reportedly double Assurant's processing volumes and allow the company to process a wider range of devices. | Quality Stock Arts/Shutterstock[/caption] Hyla Mobile, a reverse logistics company that refurbishes