An e-scrap processor is installing a robotic sorting cell to take apart hard drives and recover each component of the device.
Cambridge, Ontario-based Greentec has worked with nearby Conestoga College on several research projects over the years.
Facing a shaky long-term outlook for plastic exports, Sims Recycling Solutions has invested in plastics cleanup systems in the U.S. and the Netherlands.
The global e-scrap recycling and ITAD company in June will commission a plastics sorting system in La Vergne, Tenn., near Nashville.
The U.S. recycling industry, including the e-scrap recycling sector, is expected to feel the economic repercussions of the escalating U.S.-China trade war.
The recent tariff moves by both countries won’t take effect until the start of June.
A handful of electronics recycling stakeholders weighed in on a federal proposal to ban certain e-scrap exports and require stringent tracking for others. Their comments were published this week.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), a division of the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_11290" align="alignright" width="300"] Material inside the facility formerly operated by eWaste Recycling Solutions in Lewiston, Maine.[/caption]
Processor eWaste Recycling Solutions, which handled a sizable portion of Maine's regulated material, has closed.
Projects exploring strategies to recover key materials from end-of-life electronics have received funding from the REMADE Institute.
The Rochester, N.Y.
Final adoption of key international guidelines for e-scrap exports was once again punted as debate drags on over the definition of "repairable" devices.
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, which went into effect in 1992 and is
Florida-based Early Upgrade recently moved into a much larger warehouse and is buying a wider array of end-of-life devices.
The Jacksonville, Fla. company launched in 2009 as a small business buying and selling used mobile phones.