The owner of a closed CRT glass processing company has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and hazardous waste charges.
Kenneth Eugene Gravitt, 63, of now-bankrupt Global Environmental Services (GES), reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors. The agreement had him plead guilty to two of eight counts. It was presented to the U.S. District Court in Lexington, Ky.
Shuttered CRT processor Nulife Glass continues to wade through a lengthy and costly cleanup of its East Coast operations.
The company, which had developed a furnace technology but closed last year, has thus far removed an estimated 19,765 tons of glass from its operations in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, E-Scrap News has learned.
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A recently released state program report provides insights into the changing composition of end-of-life electronics.
E-scrap materials, including CRT glass, sit abandoned in rural Wyoming, with the site's former owner in prison and regulatory agencies still working to determine who should handle a cleanup.
As the conversation slowly moves forward, piles of scrap electronics remain inside and outside the vacant facility about 20 miles from Cheyenne, Wyo., and the site has experienced a 
Property owners spent millions of dollars cleaning up CRT storage sites left behind by Creative Recycling Systems.
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For years, India-based electronics manufacturer Videocon has served as a major outlet for recovered CRT glass.
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A new waste management plan in the Netherlands has forced Jansen Recycling, a Dutch outlet for U.S. CRT glass, to discontinue accepting material from its suppliers.
The national government's plan, known as LAP3, went into effect Dec. 28 and prohibits the use of CRT glass in concrete products.
State officials are suing an Iowa electronics recycling operation accused of stockpiling and improperly managing millions of pounds of CRTs.
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office filed suit against Recycletronics, a Sioux City, Iowa-area e-scrap company that closed last year.
The owner of former CRT glass processor Global Environmental Services is set to go on trial later this month.
Facing one count of conspiracy and seven counts of hazardous waste management crimes, Kenny Gravitt is expected to appear in court on Jan. 22.
New York regulators have come up with a number of recommendations to improve the state’s e-scrap recycling program, according to a report recently delivered to the state’s governor.
Issued in December, the document quantifies the New York State E-Waste Recycling and Reuse Act’s impact from 2013 through 2015.