The fate of Nulife Glass is in question, with the firm halting operations as it struggles to meet regulator demands to remove CRT glass stored in warehouses.
Nulife, which originally started in the U.K., began operating in the U.S. in 2013. The company opened its headquarters in Dunkirk, N.Y. and began running a CRT glass furnace last year.
A federal appeals court will allow the founder of an electronics recycling company to stay out of prison while he appeals his 15-month sentence tied to software counterfeiting.
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House lawmakers tasked with crafting a U.S.
A branch of the European Union is calling on stakeholders to improve the repairability of electronics and ferret out devices designed to have short lifespans.
The European Parliament on July 4 voted to 
Illinois Gov.
Even if an e-scrap facility is not thought to be processing toxics-emitting devices, it should be testing for toxic substances.
That's one takeaway from a researcher who co-authored a new report titled "
On average, popular phones, tablets and laptops are relatively easy to fix, but the market may be trending toward less repairable designs, a recent analysis found.
International activist group Greenpeace and U.S.-based electronics repair organization iFixit teamed up to assess the repairability of 44 smartphones, tablets and laptops.
After receiving $400,000 from the federal government, a New York company is developing a mechanical system that could help e-scrap companies handle printed circuit boards more profitably.
Advanced Recovery & Recycling (ARR), based in Syracuse, N.Y., is in the process of building out a "depopulator" machine that uses heat and vibrations to separate precious metal-bearin
An automated LCD disassembly machine is gearing up to be presented to the public after several years in development.
The Trumaster-ALR can process up to 80 LCD units per hour, separating the LCD shell, mercury-containing CCFL tubes and flat-panel display.
LCDs have been a growing portion of the waste stream for the past few years, as more
More details have emerged on PC Rebuilders & Recyclers' bankruptcy case after a summary of the company's assets and debts was filed in Illinois bankruptcy court this week.
The longtime Chicago electronics refurbishment and recycling company closed and