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E-Cycle Wisconsin reached a long-sought milestone last year: the highest number of collection sites and events in its 14-year history.

Lawmakers in Rhode Island are considering a broad electronics right-to-repair bill that would ban parts pairing and currently does not include any exemptions. 

[caption id="attachment_22457" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Elnur/Shutterstock[/caption] Readers last month were drawn to an analysis of current factors driving the ITAD market, a discussion about upcoming global regulations affecting the e-scrap industry, environmental reporting trends and more. The list below shows our top stories publ

The amount of material Oregonians disposed of in 2022 dropped significantly from the year before, mainly due to fewer building-destroying wildfires, and electronics made up only 0.4% of the recycled materials.

The U.S. Trade Representative's office has extended tariff exemptions that cover certain shredder components imported from China, drawing praise from the Recycled Materials Association.

Envela Corporation, which owns a number of ITAD and e-scrap recycling operations, reported lower sales of secondhand hard drives in the first quarter of the year but higher demand for consumer technology devices.

After two years of trying – and some public pushing – iFixit ended its partnership with Samsung, citing the OEM's lack of commitment. 

Berlin Packaging is bringing its Buncker packaging line to the American lithium-ion recycling market. 

A company that processes lithium-ion batteries, including those sourced from consumer devices, has scaled up recycling capacity at its facility in Reno, Nevada, and is on track to process more than 44 million pounds of battery materials per year.

A Texas company that started out in oil and gas drill bit reclamation has now diversified into recovering e–scrap and other industrial material streams, and it's adding facilities to house the growth.