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A nonprofit group buys California-based Isidore Electronics Recycling, and two lawmakers think 2017 may be the year a "right to repair" bill passes in Minnesota. Processor acquisition: A  major Los Angeles nonprofit organization that helps the formerly incarcerated find jobs purchased Isidore Electronics Recycling.

A bill limiting exports of scrap electronics has been reintroduced in Congress, after it failed to advance in 2016. A lawmaker reintroduced the Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA), HR 917.

Illinois-based electronics refurb firm PC Rebuilders and Recyclers has been sued by another industry firm that claims tens of thousands of dollars in payment have not materialized. Indiana-based OmniSource Electronics Recycling (OER) fil

Athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will be awarded with medals made from recycled e-scrap metals. Starting Feb. 1, Japan began asking the country's citizens to donate their old electronics devices for the initiative. The goal is to collect 88 pounds of gold, 10,800 pounds of silver and 6,500 pounds of bronze.

A Utah man with connections to failed e-scrap company E-Waste Systems has agreed to pay more than $3 million in response to allegations he defrauded investors and pumped up the firm's stock price. According to civil charges filed in December by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Edward F.

A lawsuit alleging an e-scrap processor resold thousands of Microsoft Office key cards on the black market has been settled out of court.

Two familiar pieces of legislation under consideration in Illinois aim to promote CRT glass storage, but they take different paths toward that goal. The idea of storing CRT glass in dedicated cells at a landfill was first proposed by Illinois-based compa

An op-ed on sending CRT glass to lead smelters and the bankruptcy of New Life Electronics Recycling grabbed our readers' attention in January. The list below shows our top stories last month in terms of unique page views. 1 | View on CRTs: Lead sm

Long lines fail to deter residents from participating in a collection event, and one community sets up curbside e-scrap collections. E-scrap rarity: Curbside e-scrap collection is available for Yorkville, Ill. residents, as the city has expanded its contract with its waste and recycling services provider.

Connecticut's manufacturer-funded electronics recycling law has boosted recycling volumes and reduced municipalities' disposal costs, but changes could improve the program, a report says. The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), a Boston-based nonprofit group,