A leader of a nonprofit refurbisher explains how a $2.5 million AT&T grant will help provide used computers and training to K-12 students and their families over the next two years.
As electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery devices become ever-more ubiquitous, battery recyclers are expanding their operations and improving technology. The following are updates on two startups.
E-scrap facility workers are being exposed to new types of synthetic antioxidants used in plastics and rubbers, with unknown health consequences, according to recent research.
Circular Computing launched a global ITAD program that will pay to plant five trees for every computer that enters the program. VodafoneZiggo and e-scrap company Closing the Loop
The U.S. House passed the America COMPETES Act on Feb. 4, moving a restriction of e-scrap exports closer to becoming law than previous efforts achieved.
Electronics processor Sims Lifecycle Services is expanding both domestically and internationally, opening a new facility in Atlanta and adding several new shredding vehicles to its German fleet.
US Ecology, which recycles and disposes of electronics and their components, is slated for acquisition by the second-largest residential garbage and recycling hauler in North America.
Supply chain automation company Apkudo announced Feb. 8 that it received $14.4 million in financing to continue to develop its connected device platform.