[caption id="attachment_11767" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Each year, CalRecycle staff determine whether they need to raise, lower or maintain the fees consumers pay to fund the state's electronics recycling program. | Somchai Som / Shutterstock[/caption]
California officials say they will have enough m
[caption id="attachment_15200" align="aligncenter" width="900"]The Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling made a range of preliminary recommendations to state regulators and lawmakers late last month. | PK Studio/Shutterstock[/caption]
A high-profile recycling commission in Calif
[caption id="attachment_15132" align="aligncenter" width="900"]California officials are testing a variety of electronic devices to measure the concentrations of metals and compare them to the thresholds listed in the California Code of Regulations. | Sorbis/Shutterstock[/caption]
E-scrap
[caption id="attachment_15046" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Walgreens recently agreed to pay $3.50 million to settle a lawsuit alleging company employees dropped electronics, batteries and other hazardous materials into dumpsters headed to municipal landfills.
[caption id="attachment_13764" align="aligncenter" width="900"]CalRecycle staff said their recommendation to raise payment rates was based on updated cost data submitted by e-scrap collectors and processors, as well as other factors. | DAMRONG RATTANAPONG/Shutterstock[/caption]
Citing difficult market conditions and rising costs f
[caption id="attachment_2378" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]Data shows that the total pounds processed through California's electronics recycling program have been falling since 2012. | Boonchuay1970/Shutterstock[/caption]
This article has been corrected.
Over the past three years, fewer of California's CRTs are going directly to hazardous waste
[caption id="attachment_2358" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]The owner of an e-scrap collection company will pay restitution after pleading guilty to fraudulent business practices. | VN Photo Lab / Shutterstock[/caption]
This story has been updated and corrected.
The owner of a defunct Orange County, Calif.
[caption id="attachment_10008" align="aligncenter" width="737"]Regulators are looking at lithium-ion battery labeling requirements, but improper collection of the batteries is just one of their recycling challenges.
Each year, CalRecycle staff determine whether they need to raise, lower or maintain the fees consumers pay to fund the state's electronics recycling program. | Somchai Som / Shutterstock[/caption]
California officials say they will have enough m
The Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling made a range of preliminary recommendations to state regulators and lawmakers late last month. | PK Studio/Shutterstock[/caption]
A high-profile recycling commission in Calif
California officials are testing a variety of electronic devices to measure the concentrations of metals and compare them to the thresholds listed in the California Code of Regulations. | Sorbis/Shutterstock[/caption]
E-scrap
Walgreens recently agreed to pay $3.50 million to settle a lawsuit alleging company employees dropped electronics, batteries and other hazardous materials into dumpsters headed to municipal landfills.
CalRecycle staff said their recommendation to raise payment rates was based on updated cost data submitted by e-scrap collectors and processors, as well as other factors. | DAMRONG RATTANAPONG/Shutterstock[/caption]
Citing difficult market conditions and rising costs f
Data shows that the total pounds processed through California's electronics recycling program have been falling since 2012. | Boonchuay1970/Shutterstock[/caption]
This article has been corrected.
Over the past three years, fewer of California's CRTs are going directly to hazardous waste
The owner of an e-scrap collection company will pay restitution after pleading guilty to fraudulent business practices. | VN Photo Lab / Shutterstock[/caption]
This story has been updated and corrected.
The owner of a defunct Orange County, Calif.
Regulators are looking at lithium-ion battery labeling requirements, but improper collection of the batteries is just one of their recycling challenges.
California regulators plan to lower the fees consumers pay to fund electronics recycling. The issue?