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Washington's collection numbers continue their downward trend, and curbside e-scrap collection comes to an end in a South Carolina community. Collection numbers: Washington state collected more than 2.3 million pounds of electronics for recycling in February.

One city refuses to reinstate its electronics recycling program despite residents' frustration, and remote Alaska receives attention for e-scrap cleanups. Steadfast against recycling: Although residents expressed anger that the city will end

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A nonprofit group buys California-based Isidore Electronics Recycling, and two lawmakers think 2017 may be the year a "right to repair" bill passes in Minnesota. Processor acquisition: A  major Los Angeles nonprofit organization that helps the formerly incarcerated find jobs purchased Isidore Electronics Recycling.

Long lines fail to deter residents from participating in a collection event, and one community sets up curbside e-scrap collections. E-scrap rarity: Curbside e-scrap collection is available for Yorkville, Ill. residents, as the city has expanded its contract with its waste and recycling services provider.

An Indian teenager begins collecting e-scrap after becoming sick from a nearby burning site, and collection programs get off the ground in the nations of Georgia and Kenya. Kenya: An e-scrap collection center will be established in the North Rift region of Kenya, a country that has more than 20 million electronic device users,

Farmers join the fight to allow consumers to repair electronics, and a lack of available recycling options leads to the dumping of CRT televisions along roadways in one state. Free recycling: A North Carolina environmental protection group subsidized an e-scrap collection program in a county that has struggled to recycle electronics du

Recycling efforts by a non-governmental organization in Mumbai are seeing some success, and experts point to consumers as the culprit for Singapore's low recycling rates. United Arab Emirates: The Middle East country will begin using an e-scrap collection bin aimed at efficiency in 2020,

A Los Angeles-based processor that hires formerly incarcerated people grabs attention, and Samsung explains what exactly caused its flagship mobile device to overheat. Dual defects: An internal investigation by Samsung has revealed two causes of the high-profile overheating problems that plagued the company's Galaxy Note 7.

LED lights could offer a growing source of valuable metals, and current spending offers a look at the products that could dominate the waste stream in the future. No more CRTs: The Health Department Recycle Center in Canton, Ohio will no longer accept CRTs beginning next week,