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.
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Let me cut to the chase: There is plenty of capacity at lead smelters in North America to fully recycle the lead from collected CRT glass.
We have all heard from one source or another that the smelters are either shutting down or drastically lowering their capacity
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In developed countries, the ceramics industry is one of the sectors with the highest investment in innovation aimed at limiting the environmental impacts of its activities.
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, 
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While many e-scrap companies have begun avoiding the CRT-heavy streams that define local government collections, the leader of one major processor says cities continue to be valuable partners for his firm.
ERI last week announced the opening of an e-scrap consolidation fa
Apple's earbuds get a zero on the repairability scale, and scrap writer Adam Minter is planning another book.
Rosy outlook: IBISWorld has updated a 
Despite having a CRT glass recycling furnace in place in New York, Nulife Glass has for years had difficulty coming into compliance with state facility rules. 
A Midwest electronics recycling executive lied to clients to generate large sums of money and used company funds for gambling and other personal expenses, according to court documents.
United Nations University (UNU) recently released a report on possible uses for CRT glass, but even the report authors want to see more research conducted.
Nulife Glass has not yet heard from state officials on whether millions of pounds of leaded CRT material will be considered hazardous waste.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) in October tentatively