This story originally appeared in the March 2017 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]Has[/dropcap] the industry made real progress on the CRT issue? It’s tough to say.

Canada-based EnviroLeach is planning to open a processing facility that will use a non-toxic water-based formula to recover precious metals. E-Scrap News first reported on the technology last summer, when Mineworx filed for a patent on the formula.

Hundreds of authorized third-party repair shops around the world are set to begin using a system developed by one of the most prominent OEM brands. Reuters reports that, for the first time, Apple acknowledged the existence of what it calls the Horizon Machine,

Millions of electronics sit unused in Wisconsin homes, according to a report from the state's e-scrap program, and awareness of recycling options is growing.

Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI) has reported its first known instance of an e-scrap processor creating a fraudulent R2 certificate. According to SERI, which administers the R2 electronics recycling standard, Secure Recycling presented a doctored R2 certificate in an attempt to win a contract from a school district.

The online E-Scrap News article appearing last week entitled "Can export incentives help clean up Agbogbloshie?" announces a new program to improve the infamously polluted and polluting scrap recycling operations in the Agbogbloshie area of A

A Chinese e-scrap company breaks into the U.S.

Recycling organizations will try to sell Congress on the economic and environmental benefits of the U.S. EPA's Waste Minimization and Recycling program, which is cut in President Trump's proposed budget. An initial budget document released in March made clear that EPA would be targeted by the new administration for cuts.