Proposed legislation dramatically overhauls Pennsylvania’s e-scrap program, adding a point-of-sale fee on certain devices and making manufacturers financially responsible for end-of-life management of all devices collected under the law.
Last year, lawmakers failed to pass legislation reforming Pennsylvania’s electronics recycling program. With the introduction of a bipartisan bill this year, some of them want to take another go at it.
Republican state Rep.
A battery stewardship group in North America has launched a campaign with information on collecting and shipping batteries safely.
Call2Recycle calls its outreach effort "Charge Up Safely," and it includes information for consumers, municipalities, retailers, sorters and processors on proper
As New Jersey regulators implement changes to the state's electronics recycling law, they say they have no intention of creating a statewide standard plan, according to the leader of a recycling group in the state.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on July 10 held a meeting in the capital of Trenton to update st
Fearing a veto from the governor, Illinois stakeholders are attempting to iron out last-minute changes to legislation that would reshape the state's e-scrap law by requiring manufacturers to fund recycling of all covered material collected through the program.
Following the
Several years of lagging recovered material totals have led leaders of Oregon's e-scrap program to slash weight targets for manufacturers beginning next year.
The state's nine-year-old electronics extended producer responsibility program, titled Oregon E-Cycles, sets a weight-based obligation for manufacturers to collect devices each year.
Millions of electronics sit unused in Wisconsin homes, according to a report from the state's e-scrap program, and awareness of recycling options is growing.
An e-scrap group that advocates for exports of used electronics has detailed a new mechanism for funding e-scrap collection in an area of the world that has long been perceived as a materials dumping ground.
Fair Trade Recycling's carbon offset model aims to encourage exporters to sell to buyers in Ghana at discounted prices, with the goal of redir
Proposed legislation dramatically overhauls Pennsylvania’s e-scrap program, adding a point-of-sale fee on certain devices and making manufacturers financially responsible for end-of-life management of all devices collected under the law.
This article originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of E-Scrap News.
Last year, lawmakers failed to pass legislation reforming Pennsylvania’s electronics recycling program. With the introduction of a bipartisan bill this year, some of them want to take another go at it.
Republican state Rep.
A battery stewardship group in North America has launched a campaign with information on collecting and shipping batteries safely.
Call2Recycle calls its outreach effort "
As New Jersey regulators implement changes to the state's electronics recycling law, they say they have no intention of creating a statewide standard plan, according to the leader of a recycling group in the state.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on July 10 held a meeting in the capital of Trenton to update st
Illinois Gov.
Fearing a veto from the governor, Illinois stakeholders are attempting to iron out last-minute changes to legislation that would reshape the state's e-scrap law by requiring manufacturers to fund recycling of all covered material collected through the program.
Following the 
Several years of lagging recovered material totals have led leaders of Oregon's e-scrap program to slash weight targets for manufacturers beginning next year.
The state's nine-year-old electronics extended producer responsibility program, titled Oregon E-Cycles, sets a weight-based obligation for manufacturers to collect devices each year.
Millions of electronics sit unused in Wisconsin homes, according to a report from the state's e-scrap program, and awareness of recycling options is growing.
An e-scrap group that advocates for exports of used electronics has detailed a new mechanism for funding e-scrap collection in an area of the world that has long been perceived as a materials dumping ground.
Fair Trade Recycling's carbon offset model aims to encourage exporters to sell to buyers in Ghana at discounted prices, with the goal of redir