R2 and e-Stewards representatives are challenging the legality of a bill in Illinois that prohibits accrediting organizations from penalizing e-scrap companies if they send CRT glass to storage cells at a landfill.
A webinar hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week featured presentations from four key processors hungry for more CRT glass.
The webinar, which was organized by U.S. EPA's Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic), received support from the Northeast Recycling Council and the Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse.
A hearing on Pennsylvania's e-scrap program touched on a legislative proposal to substantially increase manufacturer collection goals as well as alternative solutions to ensure collected material gets recycled.
The public hearing, organized by the Pennsylvania legislature's Jo
Global Environmental Services filed for bankruptcy in recent months and has since been accused of leaving a wake of CRTs and piles of processed glass in Kentucky and Texas.
Global Environmental Services (GES) filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky on Nov. 2.
New York state officials will dip into an environmental fund to pay half of the e-scrap recycling expenses incurred each year by counties.
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will tap into the state's Environmental Protection Fund to pay up to half of each county's annual e-scrap expenses, up to a maximum of $2 mi
One of the country's largest outlets for CRT glass, Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, is no longer certified to the R2 standard in Arizona and has seen its certification in Ohio suspended.
A representative from Closed Loop told E-Scrap News the business simply no longer sees value in the environmental standard and decided to not pay its fees.
Nulife Glass has begun processing leaded CRT glass at its newly built furnace in Dunkirk, N.Y.
Simon Greer, the company's founder and owner, told E-Scrap News the company expects to be able to process about 3,650 tons of leaded glass per year for the next decade.
He said the furnace is "almost at full-speed" and able to produce lead with a purity level of 99.9 percent.
R2 and e-Stewards representatives are challenging the legality of a bill in Illinois that prohibits accrediting organizations from penalizing e-scrap companies if they send CRT glass to storage cells at a landfill.
A hearing on Pennsylvania's e-scrap program touched on a legislative proposal to substantially increase manufacturer collection goals as well as alternative solutions to ensure collected material gets recycled.
West Virginia has repealed a ban on the landfilling of televisions and other devices.
Global Environmental Services filed for bankruptcy in recent months and has since been accused of leaving a wake of CRTs and piles of processed glass in Kentucky and Texas.
Global Environmental Services (GES) filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky on Nov. 2.
New York state officials will dip into an environmental fund to pay half of the e-scrap recycling expenses incurred each year by counties.
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will tap into the state's Environmental Protection Fund to pay up to half of each county's annual e-scrap expenses, up to a maximum of $2 mi
After a five-month hiatus, India's Videocon has begun accepting CRT glass from its main U.S.
An e-scrap processor has announced plans to build a facility in Whitewater, Wisc.
One of the country's largest outlets for CRT glass, Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, is no longer certified to the R2 standard in Arizona and has seen its certification in Ohio suspended.