The collapse of Closed Loop Refining and Recovery has proven the most consequential CRT abandonment case in U.S. history, stretching on for years and costing the electronics recycling industry, landlords and taxpayers millions of dollars. Now, we're unveiling a special feature to help you track our extensive reporting on this saga in a convenient timeline format.

Here’s a look at which processing facilities have recently attained or renewed their data destruction and recycling industry certifications.

Aqua Metals chose Tahoe-Reno to build a five-acre recycling campus that will process 20 million pounds of lithium-ion battery material annually.  The Global Electronics Council named

Panasonic, MRM and ERI partnered to launch a mail-in recycling program for electric shavers and trimmers, and the U.S. EPA presented a circular economy-focused session. Those were only a couple of recycling-related items to emerge from this year's Consumer Electronics Show. 

PCs for People has opened a permanent home in the Chicagoland area, allowing the nonprofit electronics processor to better address the region's gaping digital divide. 

Quantum Lifecycle Partners recycled 83.6 million pounds of e-scrap and reused nearly 410,000 assets and components during the 2022 fiscal year, according to the company's first impact report.

When the founders of Noveon decided to tackle rare earth magnet recycling, they started at the beginning of the product's life cycle instead of the end. 

Prices for refurbished PCs have fallen in the past year alongside ongoing uncertainty in the economy, but ITAD players said the market appears to have leveled off - for now.

Thai mobile phone services operator Advanced Info Service (AIS), in conjunction with several partners, launched the blockchain-based E-Waste+ platform, which allows users to track material through the recycling process and calculate carbon emissions reductions.  Lenovo

Here’s a look at which processing facilities have recently attained or renewed their data destruction and recycling industry certifications.