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Organized criminals have laundered scrap electronics through North Korea before they were shipped to China for recycling, according to a news report.
Citing Chinese court records,
With the value of e-plastics plummeting and a major export market crumbling, North American firms are scrambling to identify ways to manage the material.
Plastics from electronics have always been a tricky material to manage.
Scientists in India are working to refine the process of using microbes to extract metals from printed circuit boards.
The Indian Express recently wrote about the work, which is being conducted by scientists at several colleges and universities in India.
A group of Taiwanese developers has unveiled a recycling system to recover glass, indium and liquid crystal from LCD screens.
The system, which was announced this week by the Taiwan-based Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), is said to separate liquid-crystal display (LCDs) screens into the th
China’s early adoption of electric vehicle usage means the country is also getting an early look at the next big material in the waste stream: lithium-ion batteries.
Reuters reported
Japan's Mitsubishi Materials is planning to invest over $100 million to boost its global e-scrap processing footprint.
The investment will see the firm spend up to $107 million in several new facilities in Japan and one in the Netherlands, according to a
[caption id="attachment_6761" align="alignright" width="300"] Joe Pickard speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.[/caption]
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been volatile of late.
India is looking for ways to ensure used electronics are safely and cost-effectively managed. To do so, policymakers must leverage the hundreds of thousands of people who are already engaged in unregistered collection and recycling activities.
Hong Kong courts convicted seven importers of illegally bringing in e-scrap from several countries. The U.S. was on the list of exporting countries.
According to a recent press release from the Hong Kong government, a court on Aug.
Recent upward price movements for some precious and base metals have made e-scrap recycling executives happy.
The value of gold has been on a month-long price rise, with investors moving money from equities into commodities.
At the same time, the value of copper and aluminum on the metal exchanges has risen to three-year highs as a result
Credit: Jordan Adkins/Shutterstock[/caption]
Organized criminals have laundered scrap electronics through North Korea before they were shipped to China for recycling, according to a news report.
Citing Chinese court records, 
With the value of e-plastics plummeting and a major export market crumbling, North American firms are scrambling to identify ways to manage the material.
Plastics from electronics have always been a 
Scientists in India are working to refine the process of using microbes to extract metals from printed circuit boards.
A group of Taiwanese developers has unveiled a recycling system to recover glass, indium and liquid crystal from LCD screens.
The system, which was announced this week by the Taiwan-based 
China’s early adoption of electric vehicle usage means the country is also getting an early look at the next big material in the waste stream: lithium-ion batteries.
Japan's Mitsubishi Materials is planning to invest over $100 million to boost its global e-scrap processing footprint.
The investment will see the firm spend up to $107 million in several new facilities in Japan and one in the Netherlands, according to a 
Joe Pickard speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.[/caption]
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been volatile of late.
Hong Kong courts convicted seven importers of illegally bringing in e-scrap from several countries. The U.S. was on the list of exporting countries.
According to a recent 
Recent upward price movements for some precious and base metals have made e-scrap recycling executives happy.
The value of gold has been on a month-long price rise, with investors moving money from equities into commodities.
At the same time, the value of copper and aluminum on the metal exchanges has risen to three-year highs as a result