Our top stories from March 2021

By rr_test_admin, 1 April, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_2378" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]CRT pile for recycling. News about who will shoulder the financial burden of removing hazardous CRT waste in an abandonment case captured clicks last month. | Boonchuay1970/Shutterstock[/caption] An investigation into a controversial e-scrap company drew readers' interest last month, along with stories about CRT abandonments, a facility acquisition and e-plastics processing expansion. 1 | A processor’s history of public-sector contract controversy An investigation outlines one operator's track record of running afoul of state officials as well as certification programs, school districts and municipalities. 2 | 5R CRT cleanup costs fall to landlord and taxpayers A property owner paid $1.1 million to clean up e-scrap abandoned by 5R Processors in Tennessee. State regulators say a similar effort in Wisconsin will cost close to $2 million – and could come out of public funds. 3 | Recycletronics exec pleads guilty to CRT charges The leader of a company that stockpiled CRT materials in the Midwest has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of storing and stockpiling hazardous waste, federal prosecutors announced last month. 4 | Quantum acquires Costa Rica facility One of Canada’s largest e-scrap processors has made the leap to Latin America. 5 | Operator looks to expand e-plastic sorting system Pennsylvania e-scrap firm Owl Electronic Recycling installed e-plastics sortation equipment in response to China’s scrap plastic import ban. That’s proved beneficial for the latest market disruption restricting the scrap plastic trade.   [vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="15089" img_size="medium" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://vdrs.com/electronics-recycling/"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="15625" img_size="medium" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="http://coasttecrecycling.com/2021programs/"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner]
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