This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]In[/dropcap] a April 2018 publication, “The Data Center is Dead and Digital Infrastructures Emerge,” Gartner estimates that, 80% of enterprises will have shut down

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]Back[/dropcap] in the early 2000s when I started my work to help develop the ITAD and refurbishment field, electronics reuse was actually not regarded as an importa

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]Alex[/dropcap] de Vries' first foray into studying the environmental impacts of cryptocurrency mining focused on energy consumption.

[caption id="attachment_13919" align="aligncenter" width="621"] E-scrap sector leader Jim Levine sees that the "entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in this industry."[/caption] Many established industries enjoy a widespread public understanding of their core characteristics. Take the automotive sector.

[caption id="attachment_13918" align="aligncenter" width="628"] Spectrum Ecycle has 13 employees working out of a 13,000-square-foot facility in St.

[caption id="attachment_13893" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Many recycling-related organizations have spoken out in the weeks following the May 25 death of George Floyd. | Anton27/Shutterstock[/caption] E-scrap processors, ITAD firms, OEMs and other recycling stakeholders are joining

[caption id="attachment_13896" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The Basel Action Network estimates that since the EarthEye program started over a dozen customers have used the trackers. | Aunging/Shutterstock[/caption] Samsung is deploying 40 GPS trackers a year to follow the downstream movement of scrap electronics

[caption id="attachment_7180" align="aligncenter" width="690"] The Coalition for American Electronics Recycling is calling for a change to Executive Order 12999, which directs federal agencies to distribute retired assets to nonprofit organizations for refurbishment and distribution to schools. | Fedor Sidorov/Shutters

[caption id="attachment_16935" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Shipping company MSC stopped accepting scrap cargo headed to China and Hong Kong as of June 1. | Fomin Roman/Shutterstock[/caption] A major shipping line will no longer accept recovered plastic and other scrap material shipments bound for Hong Kong, wh

[caption id="attachment_13892" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Medical device manufacturer Steris sent a letter to iFixit demanding repair manuals be removed from the firm's website. | mtkang/Shutterstock[/caption] Repair support organization iFixit has received a threatening letter from a medical device manufacture