An electronics reuse and recycling company CEO has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for his role in an effort to copy, import and sell counterfeit Microsoft software.
Clifford Eric Lundgren, 33, pled guilty to criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods in federal court on Feb. 28.
The Bureau of International Recycling has begun its study on worldwide e-scrap generation and flows.
The Bureau of International Recycling's (BIR) E-Scrap Committee has started the analysis of available global e-scrap information, assisted by a consultant at the Harokopio University of Athens in Greece.
Illinois-based PC Rebuilders & Recyclers (PCRR) has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, indicating it plans to sell off its assets to pay creditors.
The company has less than $50,000 in assets and its liabilities total between $1 million and $10 million, according to the 
Observers notice a change in Apple's position on the right-to-repair movement, and the U.S. military spends $80 million to develop a new kind of computer chip.
Here to stay: The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing rapidly, and according to some experts, that trend is expected to accelerate.
Canada-based EnviroLeach is planning to open a processing facility that will use a non-toxic water-based formula to recover precious metals.
E-Scrap News 
Hundreds of authorized third-party repair shops around the world are set to begin using a system developed by one of the most prominent OEM brands.
Millions of electronics sit unused in Wisconsin homes, according to a report from the state's e-scrap program, and awareness of recycling options is growing.
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI) has reported its first known instance of an e-scrap processor creating a fraudulent R2 certificate.
According to SERI, which administers the R2 electronics recycling standard, Secure Recycling presented a doctored R2 certificate in an attempt to win a contract from a school district.
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