ERI, Sunnking, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and other familiar industry names are involved with research projects that received funding this month.
The former leader of Recycletronics, an Iowa e-scrap firm that amassed CRT stockpiles and failed in 2017, has been sentenced to probation for violating federal hazardous waste laws.
Global ITAD and e-scrap processing company Sims Lifecycle Services recently launched a "sustainability calculator," a tool to quantify for clients the environmental benefits associated with asset recovery.
Processors participating in Washington, D.C.'s electronics recycling program must carry e-Stewards certification next year. It's a change from the previous rules, which allowed either e-Stewards or R2 to satisfy the certification requirement.