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Canadian ITAD company Quantum Lifecycle Partners opened a sixth ITAD facility, which will provide lifecycle management to the Alberta area. 

Battery manufacturers, nonprofits, local governments and others can share their experiences with and insights into battery recycling with the U.S. EPA during work sessions that are set to begin in March.

Looking to automate its demanufacturing process, Sims Lifecycle Services has installed robotic disassembly equipment at its data center decommissioning operations. 

The weight of devices collected in Washington state's e-scrap program dropped again in 2023, reaching a new low in the program's 15th year as the portion of lighter-weight devices in the stream continue to grow. 

Teck Resources, one of the few remaining end markets for CRT glass in the Americas, is considering building an electric vehicle recycling plant. 

Driven by regulations that abruptly restricted global trade in plastics recovered from electronics, Spanish plastics processor Sostenplas has rapidly emerged as a major downstream for those polymers in Europe. The company's CEO recently shared lessons the company has learned, with an eye toward helping U.S. companies seize a similar opportunity in North America.

The first U.S. state to pass a right-to-repair law covering electronics could also be the first state to amend such a law. 

After 10 years helping materials recovery facilities retrofit with innovative robotics equipment, AMP Robotics has dropped the latter part of its name, reflecting an emerging focus on building recycling centers from scratch with AI-equipped sorting systems.

Whether they were small repair business owners, industry associations or passionate individuals, hundreds of commenters on a recent right-to-repair petition to the Federal Trade Commission broadly agreed that consumers ought to have more options for fixing their devices and using them longer. 

A long-running electronics reuse conference is under new ownership by a certification standards organization and has a new name, reflecting a goal to focus on a broader concept of "sustainability" in device management.