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By rr_test_admin, 10 October, 2019
[caption id="attachment_12331" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Total Reclaim's staff has been cut in half in recent years as the company dealt with fallout from an export scandal.[/caption] A West Coast processor that earlier this year saw its founders sentenced to prison is now being led by Bobby Farris, who has worked for a variety of recycling companies.
By rr_test_admin, 10 October, 2019
[caption id="attachment_12337" align="aligncenter" width="980"] The bankruptcy filing indicates Rivore Metals has between $1 million and $10 million in liabilities and less than $50,000 in assets. | Nuangthong/Shutterstock[/caption] A metals recycling company that buys and sells e-scrap recently declared bankruptcy and is reorganizing its business to r
By rr_test_admin, 3 October, 2019
Two key figures in the multi-million dollar Closed Loop Refining and Recovery lawsuit spoke at this year's E-Scrap Conference about liability for CRT cleanups. And while they differed on a few central points, they agreed that OEMs should share in the responsibility. In 2017, a lawsuit was filed in Ohio naming a handful of former suppliers of the defunct CRT outlet Closed Loop Refining and Recovery.
By rr_test_admin, 3 October, 2019
[caption id="attachment_12234" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Discarded electronics are estimated to reach 122 million short tons per year around the globe by 2050. | Petra Nowack/Shutterstock[/caption] A United Nations-backed study predicts massive growth in global tonnages of end-of-life electronics, and it examines how the recycling sector can bes
By rr_test_admin, 2 October, 2019
[caption id="attachment_8692" align="aligncenter" width="900"]mixed e-scrap An ISRI commissioned study found that the U.S. recycling industry directly and indirectly supports nearly 532,000 jobs. | priscilla list/Shutterstock[/caption] A recently released study estimates the U.S.
By rr_test_admin, 24 September, 2019
[caption id="attachment_12197" align="aligncenter" width="980"] The 17th annual E-Scrap Conference kicked off Monday at the Hilton Orlando in Florida. | E-Scrap Conference/Brian Adams Photography.[/caption] On the opening day of the E-Scrap Conference and Trade Show, a series of workshops brought attendees up to speed on some of the most critical topics in electronics recovery.
By rr_test_admin, 24 September, 2019
[caption id="attachment_10675" align="aligncenter" width="674"] About 8 million pounds of TVs are stored on pallets at the former GES site in Winchester, Ky. | Courtesy of Kentucky Division of Waste Management.[/caption] In Kentucky, a treatment additive will be mixed into millions of pounds of leaded CRT glass, allowing for relatively cheap disposal of the problematic mater
By rr_test_admin, 19 September, 2019

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[caption id="attachment_12077" align="aligncenter" width="864"]EPC facility expansion EPC recently expanded into an 85,000-square-foot facility in Bethlehem, Pa. | Photo courtesy of EPC[/caption] An ITAD firm has nearly tripled the size of its Northeast operation after seeing greater demand in that region, and the company is gearing up for further expansion next year. EPC has operated a
By rr_test_admin, 19 September, 2019
[caption id="attachment_2383" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]Keyboard with green certification key. The e-Stewards certification standard has been working on updated requirements for the past eight months. | YuRi Photolife/Shutterstock[/caption] A draft of a new version of the e-Stewards certification standard will be released to certified processors for comment i