The Indian government has released rules intended to bolster an organized system of e-scrap processing by gradually increasing collection requirements for manufacturers.
On March 23, the Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Harsh Vardhan, announced amendments to the country's e-scrap management rules, according to a 
Processors in California will soon receive reimbursement rates that vary based on the type of device recycled.
European coalitions representing electronics manufacturers have launched an internet-based information service designed to help processors better recycle devices.
The Information for Recyclers (I4R) Platform offers resources to help processors identify components that should be separated for special treatment.
A Singapore leader says the small Southeast Asian country will implement extended producer responsibility for electronics by 2021.
Facing a low recycling rate for electronics, the island country of nearly 6 million people will implement a mandatory collection and recycling program, said Amy Khor, senior minister of state for the Environmen
Total Reclaim was fined by state regulators for storing flat-panel display devices in trailers on Seattle's Harbor Island.[/caption]
No longer receiving material from state electronics recycling programs in Washington and Oregon, processor Total Reclaim is attempting to weather recen
A TV collection debacle in one Pennsylvania township illustrates the problems the state electronics recycling program continues to face.
Washington Township turned away truckloads of TVs just a week after reopening free e-scrap collections, according to the 
State lawmakers are considering a number of bills related to state electronics recycling programs this year, including two that create new extended producer responsibility laws.
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Changes in the end-of-life stream are prompting the oldest state electronics recycling program in the country to rethink its processor payment system.
California regulators are considering splitting the program’s processing payment system, through which state go
E-scrap collections in Washington state have been decreasing for the past four years, both in terms of total and per-capita weights.