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A bill aimed at expanding recycling outlets for CRT panel glass has passed out of California's legislature – and not a single lawmaker cast a vote against it. After gaining the unanimous support of California's Senate, AB 1419 passed the Assembly on a vote of 80-0 last week.

A recent bankruptcy petition and lawsuit from investors highlight the continuing troubles facing closed e-scrap company Diversified Recycling.

In addition, E-Scrap News has learned Diversified, which was based in the southeast U.S., has roughly 500,000 pounds of CRT devices still on hand.

An assessment by E-Scrap News shows the vast majority of the recovered electronic material handled in the U.S. is processed by companies employing third-party-certified environmental, health and safety practices.

The E-Scrap News database of for-profit e-scrap reclaimers in the U.S. lists slightly more than 1,500 plants (it also includes another 80 facilities in Canada). Of those American operations, more than 40 percent have been certified.

A bill in California opens up recycling pathways for panel glass from CRTs by allowing barium levels to exceed current state limits.

The bill, AB 1419, passed the California Senate unanimously this week and n

A recycling company in upstate New York has been targeted by state officials over allegations of mishandling materials.

New York Department of Conservation (DEC) officers executed a search warrant at Alpco Recycling last week and took soil samples and customer records.

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an automated process for disassembling hard drives so their rare earth elements can be reused.

The Irish celebrate impressive e-scrap and appliance recycling rates, and more communities in the U.K.

Olympic medals rise from the e-scrap stream, and a new smartphone from Samsung sports a screen that's super-spendy to service.

Scrap and field: At the 2020 Summer Olympics, the gold, silver and bronze medals could be made out of materials harvested from used electronics.

An electronics manufacturers group is holding a contest to spur research into electronics and applicance recovery in the U.K.

The initiative is being spearheaded by the Joint Trades Association and is m

A recent survey from Greenpeace found more than half of respondents would be OK upgrading to new cellphone models less frequently.

The environmental group's rese