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By rr_test_admin, 16 March, 2017
CRTs for recyclingTeck Resources, a Canadian smelter that consumes significant tonnages of CRT glass, has cancelled a $210 million slag fuming furnace project after an ongoing delay tied to market conditions. The furnace initiative was announced in 2011, and the company aimed for completion within three years.
By rr_test_admin, 16 March, 2017
Court rulingA judge has ruled in favor of Closed Loop Refining and Recovery's former landlord in a case centered on CRT glass stockpiling. Just how much the defunct company will be asked to pay in damages, however, is still up in the air. Judge Michael J.
By rr_test_admin, 2 March, 2017
CRT panel glassFirms active in California's electronics recycling program increasingly turned to landfill disposal for CRT material in 2016. According to data supplied by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), over 77 million pounds of CRT glass were handled by program participants in 2016 and 45 percent of that total - nearly 35 million pounds - w
By rr_test_admin, 1 March, 2017
In other news, E-ScrapGreenpeace targets smartphones in a new report, and a workplace chemical exposure rule may be delayed due to a White House directive. Device demand drops: Worldwide shipments of new personal computing devices, including PCs and tablets, are expected to decline, according to a new forecast by the
By rr_test_admin, 23 February, 2017
e-scrap indictmentKenny Gravitt, who led Kentucky-based GES, could be facing prison time and steep fines in connection with the handling and disposal of CRT glass. Charged by a federal grand jury with one count of conspiracy and seven counts of environmental law crimes, Gravitt has been ordered to appear March 6 in United States District Court at Le
By rr_test_admin, 16 February, 2017

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CRTA stockpile of CRT glass in the Midwest has caught the attention of the U.S. EPA and led state regulators to suspend an e-scrap company's license to accept the material. Recycletronics, an electronics recycling company based in Sioux City, Iowa, was forced to stop accepting CRT devices Jan. 17.
By rr_test_admin, 2 February, 2017
In other newsFarmers 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