Canada

Quantum Lifecycle Partners recycled 83.6 million pounds of e-scrap and reused nearly 410,000 assets and components during the 2022 fiscal year, according to the company's first impact report.

Battery recycler Li-Cycle has secured $13.5 million in state tax credits for its Rochester, N.Y. black mass processing facility, currently under construction.

The top government official in Quebec suggested public concerns over air pollution could lead the province to close Glencore's Horne smelting site, a key downstream for North America's e-scrap.

Japanese company JX Nippon Mining and Metals has purchased one of Canada's largest e-scrap companies, eCycle Solutions. It's the second example in the past month of an Asian smelting giant acquiring North American e-scrap operations to ensure a steady supply of feedstock.

Canadian authorities say the percentage of households disposing of unwanted computers, printers, TVs, audio/visual equipment and cell phones continued to drop last year.

A stewardship group leader explains why e-bikes and e-scooters are a natural fit to add to the extended producer responsibility program in British Columbia.

Two recent actions by Quantum Lifecycle Partners deepen the Canadian processor's involvement in the reuse business and expand its ITAD customer base.

Canada's Northwest Territories will expand the list of items accepted in its electronics recycling program, as part of a two-year pilot project.

Canadian e-scrap and ITAD company eCycle Solutions has opened a recycling location in Welland, Ontario, close to Niagara Falls.

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