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Electronics and appliance recycling requirements now in effect in Hong Kong are boosting the amount of material processed by Alba Integrated Waste Solutions. Starting this month, Hong Kong retailers are required to offer a free take-back service for old electronics and appliances.

Gold mining is historically important to North Carolina: It experienced America's first gold rush in the early 1800s, and the Charlotte Mint was built to mint coins from all the gold coming out of the ground. Carol and Peter Jegou didn't realize the region's gold connection when they launched All Green Recycling (AGR) and its precious metals recovery business in Char

The online purchase of a new laptop may be convenient, but it could also be supporting a company skirting extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws.

[caption id="attachment_9350" align="alignright" width="300"] Ana-Maria Stoian-Chu[/caption] As the calendar inches closer to this year's E-Scrap Conference, we're taking a look at one of the experts who will take the stage in New Orleans. Ana-Maria Stoian-Chu is manager of the Electronic Waste

Another electronics recycling and IT asset disposition company has signed up to use tracking devices to monitor the downstream movement of scrap electronics. Wisconsin-based Cascade Asset Management announced it will use the EarthEye tracking service, which was

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A cable services provider is the latest company to sign a multi-million-dollar agreement to settle allegations of improper e-scrap disposal in California. Cox Communications California, which provides cable TV, internet access and other services, has agreed to pay more than $3.3 million to settle allegations that its C

Federal prosecutors allege a computer repair and refurbishment company owner defrauded a government program to obtain numerous used devices over a decade. Steven Mays, owner of the now-closed Mays Computers & Outdoors in Athens, Ala., was charged in June with four counts of mail fraud and one count each of wire fraud, the

Last month, readers were most drawn to articles about the closure of ECS Refining, although they also read news about health risks for e-scrap workers and CRT disposal criminal charges. The list below shows our top stories published in July in terms of unique page views. 1 |

GPS trackers used in a United Nations-funded study showed Australian e-scrap was exported to Hong Kong, according to the Basel Action Network. The watchdog group issued a press release Aug.