Testimony from a data security industry group appears to have spurred government interest in strengthening regulations preventing data breaches.
The Canadian chapter of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) testified last fall at a hearing on data privacy issues in the Canadian Parliament's House of Co
A Canadian province has received a positive reception for its electronics extended producer responsibility program, but collection volumes are trending lower than expected.
Pat McCarthy, CEO of Recycle New Brunswick, recently spoke during a radio 
Saskatchewan will expand the list of device types it accepts for electronics recycling, including one absent from most North American programs: microwave ovens.
Starting May 1, 2018, the province will add countertop microwave ovens, scanners, floor-standing printers, external storage drives and modems, game consoles and peripherals, e-book readers
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The latest Canadian province to launch an industry-managed electronics recycling program is finding healthy use of its drop-off locations.
Veolia has opened an operation in Ontario to recycle lamps and mercury-bearing electronic components.
The 5,000-square-foot facility is located in the Toronto-area city of Pickering, Ontario, where Veolia already runs an industrial cleaning and hazardous materials management operation, according to a 
This article originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of E-Scrap News.
Canada-based EnviroLeach is planning to open a processing facility that will use a non-toxic water-based formula to recover precious metals.
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Getting old mobile devices out of Canadians' junk drawers and into the recycling stream may be a lucrative challenge for the e-scrap industry, a survey suggests.
According to research on the Canadian market, 62 percent of survey respondents said they had at least one old phone in storage, up from 48 percent the year before.
In 2016, respondents a
With implementation in New Brunswick last week, all 10 Canadian provinces now have extended producer responsibility programs for electronics.
The New Brunswick collection infrastructure consists of 40 drop-off centers accepting TVs and monitors, computers, mobile devices and more.