Getting old mobile devices out of Canadians' junk drawers and into the recycling stream may be a lucrative challenge for the e-scrap industry, a survey suggests.
According to research on the Canadian market, 62 percent of survey respondents said they had at least one old phone in storage, up from 48 percent the year before.
In 2016, respondents a
An expert outlines the small-business benefits of buying used devices, and a massive recycling facility is scheduled to come on-line in the Middle East this year.
E-plastic flame retardants: A network of public interest organizations is 
This story originally appeared in the March 2017 issue of E-Scrap News. 
An in-depth study exploring the changing materials composition of e-scrap will be discussed in a U.S. EPA webinar next week.
The analysis explored the types and compositions of electronics sold and entering the end-of-life streams each year.
A Washington state metals recycling company has grown its e-scrap capabilities by acquiring a facility previously owned by IMS Electronics Recycling.
Tacoma, Wash.-based Simon Metals has purchased the 69,000-square-foot location, which includes an advanced shredding and separation line, in Vancouver, Wash.
Paul Olsen, president of Si
As the e-Stewards electronics recycling standard goes through a series of updates, auditors must complete trainings on the new requirements.
Beginning Sept.
The owners of Dollar General stores will pay more than $1 million to settle charges that the company sent scrap electronics, batteries and other materials to landfills not permitted to receive them.
Tennessee-based Dolgen California and its subsidiaries, which own Dollar General retail stores and a distribution center in California, agreed to end the la
Whether it's a deal on data destruction or an opportunity for extra education, multiple organizations are taking full advantage of the attention Earth Day brings to the recycling world.