Waste Management significantly boosts e-scrap collections

By rr_test_admin, 28 October, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_14688" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Various obsolete electronics for recycling. Waste Management sends scrap electronics to a network of certified e-scrap processors for refurbishment and recycling. | photka/Shutterstock[/caption] In 2020, nationwide hauler Waste Management collected more scrap electronics and lamps than it had in years, according to the company's sustainability report. The Houston-headquartered garbage and recycling giant collected 64 million pounds of e-scrap and lamps last year, up from 18 million pounds in 2019 and 39 million in 2018. According to the report, the last time it collected a weight approaching last year's number was in 2017, when it handled nearly 63 million pounds. Waste Management sends scrap electronics to a network of certified e-scrap processors for refurbishment and recycling. WM recycles lamps at its plants in Arizona and South Carolina. In the report, Waste Management noted that CRTs still make up a large percentage of the electronics the company recovers at its landfills, transfer stations and materials recovery facilities (MRFs).

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