California

Companies participating in California's e-scrap program have been frequently resorting to CRT glass disposal in 2016, and that trend is likely to continue as question marks swirl around the status of a glass-to-glass recycling operation in India.

Since Jan.

A bill in California opens up recycling pathways for panel glass from CRTs by allowing barium levels to exceed current state limits.

The bill, AB 1419, passed the California Senate unanimously this week and n

California officials are inviting industry players to participate in a survey regarding possible changes to the state's e-scrap recycling program.

The first section of the sur

California will boost the sums consumers pay when they buy new display devices, ensuring the solvency of a state fund backing e-scrap recycling.

This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content. It’s been 16 years since the first attempt at state e-scrap legislation was enacted – a landfill ban for monitors and TVs in

California e-scrap processing firm Arrow Recovery received an approval to build what would be its first metals refining operation.

The company plans to erect two buildings totaling nearly 72,000 square feet in the Los Angeles-area city of Fontana. Arrow Recovery, headquartered in the Bay Area, purchased the property in October 2014, according to county property records.

California's e-waste recycling program has reached a new milestone: Since the legislation establishing the program became law six years ago, it has recycled its 1 billionth pound of obsolete electronics. Although California was the first state to pass an e-waste law, an article in The San Jose Mercury News points out that it remains the only to require consumers to pay into a fund supporting the program with fees attached to TVs, laptops and monitors.