A Washington state metals recycling company has grown its e-scrap capabilities by acquiring a facility previously owned by IMS Electronics Recycling.
Tacoma, Wash.-based Simon Metals has purchased the 69,000-square-foot location, which includes an advanced shredding and separation line, in Vancouver, Wash.
Paul Olsen, president of Si
A Basel Action Network project that followed the trail of broken devices didn't just lead to a loss of certification for one company – it also prompted an entire state program to take action, recent analysis shows.
The BAN project showed that Seattle-based processor Total Reclaim exported e-scrap to Hong
A meeting of the International Council of Containership Operators got raided last week, sending tremors throughout the ocean shipping industry.
The Club, the nickname for the bi-annual meeting of the International Council of Containership Operators, is a secretive alliance of the CEOs of the world’s top two dozen c
A former U.S. e-scrap executive pleads not guilty to federal charges related to business practices, and an infamous scrap site in Ghana grabs more headlines.
Safer processing: The German government will help build an e-scrap processing facility in the Agbogbloshie area of Accra, Ghana.
China’s recent crackdown on imports of e-scrap and other materials has exposed smuggling operations, led to dozens of arrests and resulted in the confiscation of more than 22,000 tons of material.
Three weeks in, the effort often translated into English as “
Chinese customs authorities announced a crackdown on illegal imports of scrap electronics and other materials.
China’s General Administration of Customs announced it will launch the one-year campaign, which will target “foreign waste,” including scrap electronics, plastics, industrial discards and other household materials.
The
A bill limiting exports of scrap electronics has been reintroduced in Congress, after it failed to advance in 2016.
A lawmaker reintroduced the Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA), HR 917.
Markets and regulations are forcing companies active in the nation’s largest state electronics recycling program to landfill CRT glass.
A Washington state metals recycling company has grown its e-scrap capabilities by acquiring a facility previously owned by IMS Electronics Recycling.
Tacoma, Wash.-based Simon Metals has purchased the 69,000-square-foot location, which includes an advanced shredding and separation line, in Vancouver, Wash.
Paul Olsen, president of Si
A Basel Action Network project that followed the trail of broken devices didn't just lead to a loss of certification for one company – it also prompted an entire state program to take action, recent analysis shows.
The BAN project showed that Seattle-based processor Total Reclaim exported e-scrap to Hong 
A meeting of the International Council of Containership Operators got raided last week, sending tremors throughout the ocean shipping industry.
The Club, the nickname for the bi-annual meeting of the International Council of Containership Operators, is a secretive alliance of the CEOs of the world’s top two dozen c
A smuggling crackdown in China is causing headaches for U.S.
A former U.S. e-scrap executive pleads not guilty to federal charges related to business practices, and an infamous scrap site in Ghana grabs more headlines.
Safer processing: The German government will help build an e-scrap processing facility in the Agbogbloshie area of Accra, Ghana.
A bill advancing in the Washington state legislature blacklists e-scrap processors that twice violate state program rules.
China’s recent crackdown on imports of e-scrap and other materials has exposed smuggling operations, led to dozens of arrests and resulted in the confiscation of more than 22,000 tons of material.
Three weeks in, the effort often translated into English as “
Chinese customs authorities announced a crackdown on illegal imports of scrap electronics and other materials.
China’s General Administration of Customs announced it will launch the one-year campaign, which will target “foreign waste,” including scrap electronics, plastics, industrial discards and other household materials.
The
A bill limiting exports of scrap electronics has been reintroduced in Congress, after it failed to advance in 2016.
A lawmaker reintroduced the Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA),