Kyle Wiens of iFixit speaks at E-Scrap 2017.[/caption]
Repair is a growing portion of the e-scrap field, and experts predict it will continue to increase as companies learn the revenue that can be realized by reusing rather than shredding certain good-quality components.
Advocates also point to the ro
Jim Puckett[/caption]
In his 
Former employees of E-Waste Systems have yet to be paid over $240,000 in court-ordered compensation. Meanwhile, the U.S.
Joe Pickard speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.[/caption]
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been volatile of late.
A second e-scrap company has been released from an Arizona CRT abandonment lawsuit targeting upstream suppliers of the material.
The 
There was some level of OEM influence in an e-scrap company's decision to send tens of millions of pounds of CRT glass to the ill-fated Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, statements from Kuusakoski and Sony show.
Closed Loop was a downstream outlet for CRT glass that closed last year with sizable tonnages of CRT material in warehouses in Ohio and Ar
Bolstering domestic markets is a logical way to reduce exports, and that concept is behind a just-announced program that's tied to an e-scrap certification.
The e-Stewards Digital Equity program facilitates communication and exchange of electronics between enterprise companies, e-Stewards-certified recycling companies, and U.S.
Nulife Glass, a company that built its own furnace to recycle CRT glass in the U.S., has decided to close.
The firm, led by Simon Greer, struggled to clear