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By rr_test_admin, 30 January, 2020
[caption id="attachment_2388" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]Old television CRT panel and funnel NovoTec has already begun shipping glass to the new destinations. | HomeArt/Shutterstock[/caption] NovoTec Recycling finalized contracts to ship CRT glass to smelters in British Columbia and South Korea.
By rr_test_admin, 16 January, 2020
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Cargo ship docked at port. In April, the Chinese government will enact new requirements for pellet imports. | Piyathep/Shutterstock[/caption] Officials in Beijing are set to enact new requirements around the purity of recycled plastic pellets imported into China, which could disrupt international markets f
By rr_test_admin, 12 December, 2019

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[caption id="attachment_12746" align="aligncenter" width="900"] In addition to the growth in e-scrap processing, the New York Times report focused on the poor conditions of some Thai recycling operations. | Wead/Shutterstock[/caption] The scrap electronics processing industry is active and growing in Thailand, according to a New York Times featur
By rr_test_admin, 31 October, 2019

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[caption id="attachment_12507" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]Kenya Kenya's Port of Mombasa will no longer be a destination for used electronics exports next year. | Ungureanu Catalina Oana / Shutterstock.com[/caption] News reports indicate the East African country of Kenya will ban imports of used electronics starting in 2020. PD Online, a news outlet based in the
By rr_test_admin, 10 October, 2019
[caption id="attachment_8732" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A computer tower with a tracking device provided by the Green Tracking Service (device at lower right).[/caption] Green Tracking Service is making several changes to its GPS monitoring products, including new tracker models and more data being reported to users. The service, which is provided by California-ba
By rr_test_admin, 19 September, 2019
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="950"] In May, the New York Federal Reserve Bank estimated tariffs in effect at that time would cost the average U.S. household $831 a year. | aijiro/Shutterstock[/caption] The escalating trade war between the U.S.
By rr_test_admin, 12 September, 2019
[caption id="attachment_12029" align="aligncenter" width="980"] The bill's sponsors have said the proposal would help to grow the domestic recycling industry. | Rolf 52/Shutterstock[/caption] Legislation limiting e-scrap exports has now been introduced in both federal legislative chambers, and in both cases the bills have bipartisan sponsorship.
By rr_test_admin, 15 August, 2019
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="950"] India was the second largest importer of U.S. scrap plastic during the first six months of 2019. | Avigator Fortuner/Shutterstock[/caption] Recovered plastic, including material from end-of-life electronics, has largely stopped flowing from the U.S.