In a perverse manner, processors of obsolete electronics love stock market slumps because such phenomena can push up the value of precious metals.
It's little surprise then that the recent decline in equity values caused by British voters is bringing smiles to some recycling executives.
Minnesota made significant changes to its e-scrap program. However, its neighbor Wisconsin failed to pass major updates. Those are just two notes in our look at six action-packed months in state-level policy.
Regulators in California have decided to increase payments to companies participating in the state's electronics recycling program.
The Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act calls for extensive restrictions on exports of end-of-life electronics in the name of thwarting illegal counterfeiting operations abroad.
A bill axing North Carolina's electronics recycling law has hit a stumbling block.
A lab operated by tech giant IBM has developed a one-step method for recycling polycarbonate electronic items into high-performance engineering plastics.
Legislation championed by electronics repair advocates failed to advance in the New York legislature this year.
A major e-scrap processor that was recently called out by the Basel Action Network for improper export activities has questioned the watchdog's allegations.