Kenny Gravitt, who led Kentucky-based GES, could be facing prison time and steep fines in connection with the handling and disposal of CRT glass.
Charged by a federal grand jury with one count of conspiracy and seven counts of environmental law crimes, Gravitt has been ordered to appear March 6 in United States District Court at Le
A Department of Homeland Security-sponsored campaign now counts ERI among its educators.
ERI has joined the
A stockpile of CRT glass in the Midwest has caught the attention of the U.S. EPA and led state regulators to suspend an e-scrap company's license to accept the material.
Recycletronics, an electronics recycling company based in Sioux City, Iowa, was forced to stop accepting CRT devices Jan. 17.
Chinese customs authorities announced a crackdown on illegal imports of scrap electronics and other materials.
China’s General Administration of Customs announced it will launch the one-year campaign, which will target “foreign waste,” including scrap electronics, plastics, industrial discards and other household materials.
The
Sims Metal Management's e-scrap business is generating less revenue but managing to increase earnings.
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), which operates 29 e-scrap facilities around the world, saw earnings of nearly 11.1 million Australian dollars (about $8.5 million) during the first half of the 2017 fiscal year, according to
A Utah man with connections to failed e-scrap company E-Waste Systems has agreed to pay more than $3 million in response to allegations he defrauded investors and pumped up the firm's stock price.
According to civil charges filed in December by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Edward F.
A lawsuit alleging an e-scrap processor resold thousands of Microsoft Office key cards on the black market has been settled out of court.
Two familiar pieces of legislation under consideration in Illinois aim to promote CRT glass storage, but they take different paths toward that goal.
The idea of storing CRT glass in dedicated cells at a landfill was
Connecticut's manufacturer-funded electronics recycling law has boosted recycling volumes and reduced municipalities' disposal costs, but changes could improve the program, a report says.
The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), a Boston-based nonprofit group,
Sims Recycling Solutions has made a concerted effort to target higher-value assets in recent years. The company's sales chief says that strategy is progressing, but that its implementation has not always been simple in a complex global marketplace.
According to Sean Magann, vice president of sales and marketing at Sims, the company's scrap recycling roots have