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[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

[caption id="attachment_12250" align="aligncenter" width="950"] WorkSafeBC says it found a number of violations during an inspection of KC Recycling's facility. | Komkrich Marom/Shutterstock[/caption] Authorities in British Columbia have fined a battery and electronics recycler, saying the company failed to protect workers from exposure to toxic

[caption id="attachment_10675" align="aligncenter" width="674"] About 8 million pounds of TVs are stored on pallets at the former GES site in Winchester, Ky. | Courtesy of Kentucky Division of Waste Management.[/caption] In Kentucky, a treatment additive will be mixed into millions of pounds of leaded CRT glass, allowing for relatively cheap disposal of the problematic mater

[caption id="attachment_12082" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Open burning of e-scrap is an ongoing problem in the West Bank, as highlighted by mainstream media recently.

[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.

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] A bill from Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar provides federal funding to help local municipalities invest in electronics reuse and recycling. | Supachai Pakdeesrisakda/Shutterstock[/caption] Legislation introduced last week establishes federal grants to boost electronics recycling and reuse. U.S. Rep.

[caption id="attachment_11710" align="aligncenter" width="950"] The rulemaking would have allowed exports of tested and working devices. | Alexey Lesik/Shutterstock[/caption] The U.S.

[caption id="attachment_10008" align="aligncenter" width="737"] At the workshops, experts will discuss how to reduce risks associated with lithium-ion batteries | Allyson Kitts/Shutterstock[/caption] Federal officials are holding a series of free workshops around the country to teach e-scrap companies and others

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