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Electronics keep getting smaller and lighter, but the Computer Recycling Center keeps boosting diverted weights each year. The key is education and outreach. “We would like to think that while there are certainly many individuals and organizations in southern Missouri that are not aware of the dangers and hazards of waste electronics, we have made an impact on the area and e

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Lima, Peru ­— June 2016 Just off Lima’s bustling Avenida Abancay lies a pedestrian-only byway called Leticia Street. It’s situated under a canopy of haphazardly strung electrical lines and flanked by once-brightly painted low slung buildings.

This story originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]More[/dropcap] than a decade after U.S.

Many e-scrap recycling firms target gold and silver but send lower-value plastics elsewhere for disposal or recycling. Not Canadian e-scrap recycling company FCM Recycling, which recently went into the e-plastics recycling business.

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Local governments play a central role in providing electronics recycling opportunities to citizens in North Carolina.

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Like most aspects of life, operating in the e-scrap world is more complex than it might first appear.

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.

The Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS) site in Roseville, Calif. is one of the flagship facilities for the international e-scrap recycling company. At more than 200,000 square feet, the facility can process 72 million pounds per year. The operation was one of the first e-scrap recycling facilities in the U.S.