regulation/oversight

By rr_test_admin, 20 July, 2017
The fate of Nulife Glass is in question, with the firm halting operations as it struggles to meet regulator demands to remove CRT glass stored in warehouses. Nulife, which originally started in the U.K., began operating in the U.S. in 2013. The company opened its headquarters in Dunkirk, N.Y. and began running a CRT glass furnace last year.
By rr_test_admin, 13 July, 2017
The illegal collection of e-scrap has resulted in fines for companies and individuals operating at two sites in Hong Kong's New Territories area. A court on July 4 and July 11 levied fines totaling 24,000 Hong Kong dollars (about $3,100), after authorities in December found four metric tons of printed circuit boards and more than 1,300 LCD monitors and
By rr_test_admin, 22 June, 2017
Environmental officials in Minnesota are still attempting to get MPC, once one of the largest electronics recycling companies in the Upper Midwest, to complete the cleanup of its former operation. According to officials, MPC has yet to clean out 32 semi-trailers containing intact CRTs and LCD monitors.
By rr_test_admin, 20 April, 2017
The owners of Dollar General stores will pay more than $1 million to settle charges that the company sent scrap electronics, batteries and other materials to landfills not permitted to receive them. Tennessee-based Dolgen California and its subsidiaries, which own Dollar General retail stores and a distribution center in California, agreed to end the la
By rr_test_admin, 23 March, 2017
EPAAfter he spent a good chunk of his campaign blasting the Environmental Protection Agency, it was hardly surprising that Donald Trump would take a knife to the EPA budget once he was actually in office. But the Trump administration’s proposed 31 percent slash last week has nevertheless raised eyebrows everywhere, including the recycling industr