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By rr_test_admin, 22 March, 2018
[caption id="attachment_8226" align="alignright" width="341"] Linda Li, chief strategy officer of LTG, speaking at the E-Scrap Conference in 2017[/caption]

A global asset management company is rolling out a new consolidated end-of-life service platform for a major telecommunications company in Europe. Li Tong Group (LTG) intends to expand the service offering to U.S. clients in the future.

By rr_test_admin, 15 March, 2018
crts dumpedDespite having a landfill ban in place, problems have plagued electronics recycling in Colorado for years, and stakeholders are working to find a solution. The Colorado Association for Recycling (CAFR) will hold a roundtable discussion this month, bringing together industry members to talk about ways to solve the lack of
By rr_test_admin, 15 March, 2018
electronic devicesThe e-scrap arm of Arrow Electronics handled nearly 6.3 million used devices last year, 44 percent of which were redeployed, sold or donated for reuse. The publicly traded company, which had global sales of $28.6 billion in 2017, distributes electronics components and provides related services.
By rr_test_admin, 15 March, 2018
home depot storeThe Home Depot will pay nearly $28 million in a California settlement involving disposal of e-scrap, batteries, household hazardous waste and intact customer information. According to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, the Atlanta-based retailer will pay $18.5 million in civil penalties and costs,
By rr_test_admin, 8 March, 2018
Federal researchers have examined an electricity-based processing method that could open doors to more cost-effective and environmentally friendly methods of metals recovery from electronics. Tedd Lister and Luis Diaz-Aldana, researchers with Idaho National Laboratory’s biological and chemical processing department, found that electrochemical recovery (ER) of m
By rr_test_admin, 8 March, 2018
A smelter owned by metals company Boliden processed 77,000 metric tons of scrap electronics last year, down 6 percent from the year before, according to recently released data. Boliden, a mining and smelting giant with facilities across Northern Europe, operates the Rönnskär smelter in Sweden.
By rr_test_admin, 1 March, 2018
The second half of 2017 saw e-scrap revenues rise for Sims Recycling Solutions, while profits fell due to European market pressures. SRS, the electronics recycling wing of publicly traded Sims Metal Management, brought in 365 million Australian dollars (currently about $284 million) between July 1 and Dec.
By rr_test_admin, 1 March, 2018
[caption id="attachment_7984" align="alignright" width="300"]Port of Seattle Total Reclaim was fined by state regulators for storing flat-panel display devices in trailers on Seattle's Harbor Island.[/caption] No longer receiving material from state electronics recycling programs in Washington and Oregon, processor Total Reclaim is attempting to weather recen