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By rr_test_admin, 17 April, 2019
[caption id="attachment_11050" align="alignright" width="300"]Ingrid Sinclair presenting on stage. Ingrid Sinclair, Sims Recycling Solutions[/caption] With massive amounts of server farm electronics expected to be replaced in coming years, Sims Recycling Solutions has its head solidly in the cloud. Executives from the global ITAD and e-scrap recycling company rec
By rr_test_admin, 4 April, 2019
Closeup of a keyboard with a Comment key.A proposed update to the R2 standard has been crafted with an eye toward emphasizing reuse, boosting data protection requirements and improving device testing and repair, according to Sustainable Electronics Recycling International. SERI, the nonprofit group that oversees the R2 electronics
By rr_test_admin, 4 April, 2019
University researcher with dishes of various metals from a phone.With an eye toward demonstrating the variety and amount of metals available from e-scrap, geologists at an English university used a household blender to take a look inside a mobile device. The University of Plymouth scientists dropped an intact mobile phone into a blender and shredded it int
By rr_test_admin, 28 March, 2019
A pile of e-scrap containing gold.A North Carolina startup is working to scale up its ability to generate investment-grade gold from e-scrap components. Evotus is building a plant in Raleigh to recover gold via a chemical dissolution process. Initially, the facility will take in computer processors or other components with over 1,500 grams of gold per ton.