A jewelry and bullion wholesaler and retailer is in talks to purchase Texas-based Elemetal Recycling, part of precious metals company Elemetal.
If a deal is reached, DGSE Companies would acquire Elemetal's recycling operations, which include a 175,000-square-foot processing facility in Carrollton, Texas, a Dallas suburb.
An analysis shows alarming ground contamination from e-scrap processing in the world's second most-populous country, and Hong Kong officials learn about e-scrap-related prosecutions.
Hong Kong: Elected officials received an update on e-scrap regulations in Hong Kong, including enforcement figures for 2016 and producer responsibi
One city refuses to reinstate its electronics recycling program despite residents' frustration, and remote Alaska receives attention for e-scrap cleanups.
Steadfast against recycling: Although residents expressed anger that the city will 
A community in Wyoming will end its e-scrap recycling program and instead send electronics to a local landfill -- even though a city ordinance prohibits disposal of those materials.
The City Council of Casper, Wyo.
A stockpile of CRT glass in the Midwest has caught the attention of the U.S. EPA and led state regulators to suspend an e-scrap company's license to accept the material.
Recycletronics, an electronics recycling company based in Sioux City, Iowa, was forced to stop accepting CRT devices Jan. 17.
Chinese customs authorities announced a crackdown on illegal imports of scrap electronics and other materials.
China’s General Administration of Customs announced it will launch the one-year campaign, which will target “foreign waste,” including scrap electronics, plastics, industrial discards and other household materials.
The
When an electronics recycling facility achieves R2 certification, stipulations of the standard extend to activities outside the walls of that building, according to a recent decision.
That determination was approved by the board of Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI), the nonprofit organization that administ
Sims Metal Management's e-scrap business is generating less revenue but managing to increase earnings.
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), which operates 29 e-scrap facilities around the world, saw earnings of nearly 11.1 million Australian dollars (about $8.5 million) during the first half of the 2017 fiscal year, according to 
An employee at an e-scrap facility in Ontario discovered just how much money there is in used electronics.
A worker at the Global Electric Electronic Processing (GEEP) processing facility in Barrie, Ontario was dismantling an old TV when he discovered more than $100,000 in cash inside,