[caption id="attachment_13341" align="aligncenter" width="960"]Leaders at both R2 and e-Stewards cited safety concerns for recycling and refurbishing operations as well as the auditors that visit them. | Courtesy R2 Corporation[/caption]
The administrators of e-scrap standards are adjusting auditing and
[caption id="attachment_13287" align="aligncenter" width="1280"]The cause of the fire had not been determined and remains under investigation. | Torychemistry/Shutterstock[/caption]
E-scrap processor Interco Trading says it's open and operating normally after a large fire broke out in one of its warehouses last week.
The company, which is
[caption id="attachment_13289" align="aligncenter" width="1280"]By acquiring CExchange, Echo Consolidated Holdings Group will now offer customers a full suite of services. | fizkes/Shutterstock[/caption]
Echo Consolidated Holdings Group, a family of Dallas-area electronics recycling, ITAD and IT services companies, recently expanded into the mobil
[caption id="attachment_2378" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]Data shows that the total pounds processed through California's electronics recycling program have been falling since 2012. | Boonchuay1970/Shutterstock[/caption]
This article has been corrected.
Over the past three years, fewer of California's CRTs are going directly to hazardous waste
[caption id="attachment_13250" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Battery fires are an increasingly relevant concern for electronics recycling facilities. | zeyaman/Shutterstock[/caption]
A recently published guidance document helps recycling facilities draft plans to avert and mitigate fires.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Indust
[caption id="attachment_13246" align="aligncenter" width="900"]A European Commission plan calls for right-to-repair measures to be introduced by 2021. | Poravute Siriphiroon/Shutterstock[/caption]
European lawmakers this week committed to enshrine greater device repairability in law, with their adoption of a Circular Economy Ac
[caption id="attachment_13208" align="aligncenter" width="900"]The recently introduced legislation covers solar panels in residential, commercial and industrial use. | Heinz Trebuth/Shutterstock[/caption]
Legislation in Arizona would establish recycling requirements for end-of-life solar panels, requiring manufacturers to create a recy
[caption id="attachment_13209" align="aligncenter" width="900"]An EPC leader explained that the Edmonton region has sizable health care, energy and corporate sectors driving ITAD growth. | Maximumm/Shutterstock[/caption]
The Canadian arm of ITAD operator EPC is expanding with a facility in the Edmonton area.
CSI EPC, the compan
[caption id="attachment_13210" align="aligncenter" width="900"]An industry group cites experts in noting that e-waste export policy is key to stopping counterfeit electronic parts and protecting military readiness. | ThamKC/Shutterstock[/caption]
A group supporting legislation to limit overseas shipments of untested used devices praised recent U.S.