Many developments related to the Chinese recycling import market have taken place in recent weeks. The following is a look at key updates related to scrap materials, including from electronics.
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Sims Recycling Solutions has installed two new sorting lines at its large processing facility in the Dutch city of Eindhoven.
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), the electronics recycling arm of publicly traded scrap metals giant Sims Metal Management, install
[caption id="attachment_8927" align="alignright" width="300"] A sample of products containing bromine, as found by researchers.[/caption]
A researcher has found black e-plastics are being recycled into a variety of household applications, despite still containing additives that he says could be hazardous.
Recovered e-plastics are filling a demand by product ma
[caption id="attachment_8830" align="alignright" width="300"] Ronin8's sonic separation equipment.[/caption]
Ronin8, which uses sonic technology to process low-grade circuit boards into a higher-value, smelter-ready material, is looking to scale up operations.
Ronin8 is phasing out pilot operations at its plant in Richmond, British Columbia.
Legislation supporting retrievable storage as a downstream outlet for CRT glass has advanced in Illinois, and certification standards organizations are concerned - one may even consider withdrawing its program from the state.
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A California-based company has opened its second IT asset disposition processing center in Canada.
Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services announced the opening of the facility in Vancouver, B.C.
A $25,000 grant will help a Nebraska processor achieve R2 certification, part of a larger effort to boost e-scrap recycling capacity in the Cornhusker State.
Omaha-based Sadoff E-Recycling & Data Destruction received the grant, which was funded by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and awarded by the Northeast Recycling Coun