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A Los Angeles-based processor that hires formerly incarcerated people grabs attention, and Samsung explains what exactly caused its flagship mobile device to overheat. Dual defects: An internal investigation by Samsung has revealed two causes of the high-profile overheating problems that plagued the company's Galaxy Note 7.

[caption id="attachment_3897" align="alignright" width="300"] J.J. Santos[/caption] In developed countries, the ceramics industry is one of the sectors with the highest investment in innovation aimed at limiting the environmental impacts of its activities.

Scotland authorities fine a man for attempting to export e-scrap to Nigeria, and Hong Kong will charge fees to electronics importers to pay for end-of-life recycling services. Scotland: A man was prosecuted and fined for attempting to export electronic scrap to Nigeria, according to the

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) are teaming up to provide real, comprehensive data on the global flow of used electronics. "The genesis for this is that there is a need for a definitive study that provides data on e-scrap recycling around the world,

The federal government finalized rules affecting reporting of CRT exports, and a funding dispute between a processor and California leaves students out in the cold.

Showdown over bill: New Jersey's e-scrap community is pushing lawmakers to approve, without amendment, legislation overhauling the state program on No

Basel Action Network's e-Trash Transparency report had the potential to produce positive results and spur constructive changes within electronics recycling, but instead it risks alienating large sections of the global industry.

A recent study estimated the volume of used computers and display devices traded among and exported from North American countries to the rest of the world.

Officials raided several unlicensed e-scrap recycling sites in Hong Kong recently and allegedly found large amounts of chemical waste coming from thousands of LCDs.

The raids were conducted in the New Territories, an area of Hong Kong that is

The U.S. EPA developed its 2006 rule on CRT management to help divert the lead-containing glass away from disposal and toward recycling. But a decade later, with the value of recovered glass a negative, the U.S.

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has released its annual Scrap Yearbook, a statistical and comprehensive publication regarding the U.S.