Lawmakers hear testimony from Ned Eldridge of eLoop (left), Michele Nestor of Nestor Resources and Bob Bylone of the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center.[/caption]
Manufacturers say proposed changes to Pennsylvania’s e-scrap program would make it the worst in the country from an OEM perspective.
Rhode Island’s e-scrap law received some updates this month, requiring certain manufacturers to join the state-run collection program while allowing more flexibility for OEMs running independent plans.
Regulators in California are studying a number of legislative fixes to the nation's longest-running e-scrap program, including expanding the existing consumer-funded model or going with a more commonly used system financed by OEMs.
In an 
A confluence of factors has led logistics experts to predict that American firms, including those in the recycling industry, will experience higher over-the-road shipping costs in the next six months.
The current truckload market is already the tightest in four years.
The largest issue is a growing economy.
Proposed legislation dramatically overhauls Pennsylvania’s e-scrap program, adding a point-of-sale fee on certain devices and making manufacturers financially responsible for end-of-life management of all devices collected under the law.
Seattle-based processor Total Reclaim has been fined by state regulators, who allege it speculatively accumulated mercury-bearing flat-panel TVs and monitors.
The $67,500 fine was 
Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has scored a handful of the top consumer electronics manufacturers on the recyclability of their devices, among other criteria.
Sarah Murray of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources speaks at E-Scrap 2017.[/caption]
When it comes to CRT management, the profit is shaky and the industry is littered with horror stories of stockpiles and legal battles to determine who pays for cleanup.
But a company can take steps to avoid those pitfalls if it co
Japan's Mitsubishi Materials is planning to invest over $100 million to boost its global e-scrap processing footprint.
The investment will see the firm spend up to $107 million in several new facilities in Japan and one in the Netherlands, according to a 
Stakeholders have come to settlements in lawsuits over an explosion caused by batteries from used electronics in North Carolina.
In July 2016, a four-alarm fire at a Wilson Trucking shipping center in Charlotte, N.C. sent six employees to the hospital and caused substantial damage.