Metech International will jettison its e-scrap recycling business, citing financial losses caused by hazardous waste compliance issues and other challenges.
The Singapore-headquartered company announced it signed
An upcoming South Carolina processing facility will handle CRTs, circuit boards, scrap plastics and more, a company leader has confirmed to E-Scrap News.
Green Tech Solution, backed by Chinese investment firm Tianjin Sheng Xin Non-Financing Guarantee Co., plans to process nearly 50 million pounds of CRTs per year and hundreds of millions
Whole Foods Market California and two companies it owns will pay over $1.6 million to settle allegations they improperly disposed of electronics and hazardous wastes.
The company is the latest to settle with prosecutors in California over alleged violations of state hazardous waste laws.
A former e-scrap company executive has pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax evasion charges, admitting he marketed device destruction and recycling services but actually landfilled e-scrap and sold intact units.
Brian Brundage signed a Sept.
Proposed changes to international fire regulations could impact e-scrap and ITAD companies by requiring new lithium-ion battery storage procedures.
The International Code Council (ICC) is currently working on updates that will shape the next edition of its various codes, which are revised every three years.
Even if consumers say smartphone repairability is important to them, brand popularity may be a more important factor in prolonging a device's life, a study concluded.
"Our results suggest that although repairability and large memory size are typically thought to be 'life extending,' in practice they have limited impact on th
[caption id="attachment_9592" align="alignright" width="300"] Green Tech Solution is developing a recycling facility in Blacksburg, S.C.[/caption]
A Chinese investment firm is planning a $75 million recycling plant to process e-scrap, plastic and other materials.
The Blacksburg, S.C. facility will be operated by Green Tech Solution, a U.S.
A growing threat in the e-scrap sector received national analysis this week, when The Washington Post visited a processing facility and explored the danger of lithium-ion battery fires.
The newspaper visited ITAD company Cascade Asset Management in Wisconsin, where employees demonstrated device dismantling
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[caption id="attachment_9557" align="alignright" width="300"] An architect's rendering of the in-progress MCPc facility in Cleveland.[/caption]
IT logistics firm MCPc is pushing further into the end-of-life device management field and is gearing up to open a large ITAD facility in Cleveland.
Jason Taylor, group president for the asset di
Metech International will jettison its e-scrap recycling business, citing financial losses caused by hazardous waste compliance issues and other challenges.
The Singapore-headquartered company announced it signed
An upcoming South Carolina processing facility will handle CRTs, circuit boards, scrap plastics and more, a company leader has confirmed to E-Scrap News.
Green Tech Solution, backed by Chinese investment firm Tianjin Sheng Xin Non-Financing Guarantee Co., plans to process nearly 50 million pounds of CRTs per year and hundreds of millions 
Whole Foods Market California and two companies it owns will pay over $1.6 million to settle allegations they improperly disposed of electronics and hazardous wastes.
The company is the latest to settle with prosecutors in California over alleged violations of state hazardous waste laws.
A former e-scrap company executive has pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax evasion charges, admitting he marketed device destruction and recycling services but actually landfilled e-scrap and sold intact units.
Brian Brundage signed a Sept.
Proposed changes to international fire regulations could impact e-scrap and ITAD companies by requiring new lithium-ion battery storage procedures.
The International Code Council (ICC) is currently working on updates that will shape the next edition of its various codes, which are revised every three years.
Even if consumers say smartphone repairability is important to them, brand popularity may be a more important factor in prolonging a device's life, a study concluded.
"Our results suggest that although repairability and large memory size are typically thought to be 'life extending,' in practice they have limited impact on th
Green Tech Solution is developing a recycling facility in Blacksburg, S.C.[/caption]
A Chinese investment firm is planning a $75 million recycling plant to process e-scrap, plastic and other materials.
The Blacksburg, S.C. facility will be operated by Green Tech Solution, a U.S.
Yale University researchers estimate 3.5 million metric tons of electronics ended up in U.S.
A growing threat in the e-scrap sector received national analysis this week, when The Washington Post visited a processing facility and explored the danger of lithium-ion battery fires.
The newspaper visited ITAD company Cascade Asset Management in Wisconsin, where employees demonstrated device dismantling 
An architect's rendering of the in-progress MCPc facility in Cleveland.[/caption]
IT logistics firm MCPc is pushing further into the end-of-life device management field and is gearing up to open a large ITAD facility in Cleveland.
Jason Taylor, group president for the asset di