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Camston Wrather, a California-headquartered company that developed printed circuit board processing technology and owned ITAD firm Stream Recycling Solutions, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy this month, indicating the company will liquidate its assets to pay creditors.

Longtime ITAD processor Cascade Asset Management has been acquired by Sage Sustainable Electronics, bringing it into the Closed Loop Partners portfolio of companies. Company leaders said a shared vision and long experience in the industry make the move complementary to each firm.

A driver who worked on IT asset disposition jobs at Wisetek recently pleaded guilty to stealing assets – including sensitive federal government devices – during disposition jobs and reselling them in 2022 and 2023, representing a significant ITAD-related data breach.

Kuusakoski US will close its two Illinois electronics and CRT glass processing facilities and exit the U.S. altogether, refocusing on its European operations after what the company described as severe, prolonged financial challenges in the U.S.

Cascade Asset Management and Sage Sustainable Electronics are planning to merge, with company leaders saying more details will be released in the future. 

As trade strife between the U.S. and China heats up once again, the Chinese government has restricted exports of some key metals alongside retaliatory tariffs. Given China's position as the world's largest supplier of those metals, the move could spur more interest in U.S. recycling.

Midwest-based Plastic Recycling, Inc. is looking to provide compounds for OEMs and automotive manufacturers that fit a wide range of specifications and just happen to be made from e-scrap. 

The momentum behind consumer electronics right-to-repair bills that has been building since 2021 doesn't seem to be ebbing, with 10 bills introduced so far this year and supporters anticipating far more to come. 

Washington state regulators this month announced an enforcement action against longtime processor Total Reclaim, stemming from battery processing violations observed during a 2023 inspection.

Rare earth element recycler REEcycle received a $5.1 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense to advance its work in extracting elements critical to neodymium-iron-boron magnets — the key building blocks of renewable energy and national defense technologies.