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By rr_test_admin, 27 February, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13163" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Sims Lifecycle Services says it's on track to hit its goal of recycling 20,000 metric tons of cloud computing equipment between July 2019 and June 2020. | Mikhail Starodubov/Shutterstock[/caption] Growth in data center recycling, higher gold prices and more selective buy
By rr_test_admin, 27 February, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_13143" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Sunnking's facility exterior. Sunnking estimates its Whitesboro facility will take in about 5 million pounds in 2020. | Courtesy of Sunnking.[/caption] Electronics recycling company Sunnking has opened its second full processing location, near Utica, N.Y. Based in Brockport, Sunnking
By rr_test_admin, 13 February, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13110" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A recent presentation offered some tips on how best to ensure compliance with the law when shipping lithium-ion batteries. | XH2/Shutterstock[/caption] Batteries from consumer electronics are being increasingly regulated because they can be a problematic material in the recyclin
By rr_test_admin, 13 February, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13101" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Closeup of Apple company logo. To participate in its Independent Repair Program, shops would be required to provide customer information to Apple. | Karol Ciesluk/Shutterstock[/caption] Documents obtained by Motherboard show just how onerous the requirements w
By rr_test_admin, 13 February, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13099" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Printed circuit boards for recycling. Umicore noted China's restrictions on scrap material imports helped ensure an ample supply of scrap PCBs. | Iryna Imago/Shutterstock[/caption] Umicore enjoyed greater profits last year thanks in part to higher metals prices and China's
By rr_test_admin, 6 February, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13064" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Free Geek Toronto received its first load of devices from Lanner this month. | New Africa/Shutterstock[/caption] A global OEM is working with a nonprofit recycling organization to get returned devices refurbished for reuse by individuals that otherwise wouldn't have access to the
By rr_test_admin, 6 February, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13060" align="aligncenter" width="900"] EcoATM owns mobile device buy-back kiosks in thousands of retail locations around the country. | ZikG/Shutterstock[/caption] Used phone purchasing company ecoATM appears to be bouncing back and growing rapidly, after it suffered financial losses and laid off staff in earlier
By rr_test_admin, 30 January, 2020
[caption id="attachment_2388" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]Old television CRT panel and funnel NovoTec has already begun shipping glass to the new destinations. | HomeArt/Shutterstock[/caption] NovoTec Recycling finalized contracts to ship CRT glass to smelters in British Columbia and South Korea.