A trial program in Europe is exploring more efficient ways of recovering a range of raw materials from used electronics and appliances.
The project will focus on recovering gold, platinum, antimony, cobalt, graphite and other elements from small appliances and household electronic
The second quarter was sluggish for worldwide shipments of new mobile devices.
A processing operation in Singapore has become the first e-Stewards-certified location in Southeast Asia.
The second of quarter of 2016 bought $40 million worth of good news to Outerwall, the parent company of ecoATM and Gazelle.
Australia is ramping up research to improve its e-scrap recycling, and a U.K. telecom expert is urging companies to boost repair and reuse.
Grant money is boosting Maryland e-scrap programs, and Brazilian exchange students are studying how to make e-scrap disposal safer.
A national processing company develops a collection bin for e-scrap, and researchers at the University of Houston push forward in rare-earth recovery.
New York state will provide a temporary injection of money to help local governments manage e-scrap collections and recycling.
Outerwall, the parent of electronics trade-in company ecoATM, is merging with a private equity firm and will no longer be a publicly traded company.