Import policies in China and Southeast Asia continue to tighten, making it more difficult to move certain e-scrap materials to international markets.
Although the policy changes have dealt a heavy blow to curbside recycling programs across the U.S., the electronics recycling sector has been hit hard on certain commodi
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of E-Scrap News. 
A year after an online scrap plastics trading marketplace launched, an executive at the startup offered insight into where material is moving in the aftermath of China's ban on certain recovered materials.
Scrapo, a Sunnyvale, Calif.
A draft European Union law limits traces of a flame retardant in products to such a low level that it would effectively kill e-plastics recycling on the continent, two industry groups said.
The brominated flame retardant in question is called decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE).
A Norwegian proposal that aims to combat marine debris could close the door to e-plastics export markets for U.S.
Major electronics manufacturers Dell and HP recently released their yearly corporate sustainability reports, showing their achievements in material sourcing, design for repair and closed-loop recovery.
Many developments related to the Chinese recycling import market have taken place in recent weeks. The following is a look at key updates related to scrap materials, including from electronics.
A sample of products containing bromine, as found by researchers.[/caption]
A researcher has found black e-plastics are being recycled into a variety of household applications, despite still containing additives that he says could be hazardous.
Recovered e-plastics are filling a demand by product ma
A recently released state program report provides insights into the changing composition of end-of-life electronics.
Research partially funded by a prominent IT asset disposition company led to the development of a non-toxic method for recycling e-plastics.
Sriraam Chandrasekaran and B.K. Sharma, scientists from the University of Illinois, found that a particular solvent can recover a clean stream of polycarbonate (PC) from mixtures of different e-plastics.