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Four e-scrap companies have issued statements after being tagged by the Basel Action Network for allegedly exporting scrap printers and LCD monitors.
Seattle-based Basel Action Network (BAN)
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A digital network geared toward the reuse and refurbishment sector launched last week.
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The recycling industry has not escaped the fallout from a tight trucking market.
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Cascade Asset Management has released its latest annual report based on the company’s ITAD operations, and it presents positive trends over the past year and an optimistic forecast for the future.
The number of assets Madison, Wis.-headqua
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A European electronics research consortium celebrated the first Circular Electronics Day this week, an effort to promote reuse and recycling.
The occasion, desi
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Organized criminals have laundered scrap electronics through North Korea before they were shipped to China for recycling, according to a news report.
Citing Chinese court records,
E-scrap collections in Washington state have been decreasing for the past four years, both in terms of total and per-capita weights.
New data released by the Washington Department of Ecology shows the E-Cycle Washington program collected 30.9
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As commodity prices fluctuate and reuse options proliferate, many e-scrap operators regularly confront a key question: shred or refurb?
Basel Action Network, which has been using GPS trackers to follow used electronics, today named six companies it says were involved in shipping scrap printers and LCD monitors to Asia.
The Seattle-based advocacy group today
Dell has recycled e-plastics from end-of-life devices back into new electronics for years. Now, the global technology company is doing the same thing for gold.
Dell announced it has established an industry-first closed-loop supply chain for the precious metal.