The state of Wisconsin is pleased with how its e-scrap program is going, but officials said in a recent report the program needs to be amended for the successes to continue.
E-Cycle Wisconsin started in 2010.
An Indiana newspaper urges lawmakers to address a lack of rural collection opportunities, and costs to recycle electronics are going up for residents in one upper Midwest municipality.
E-scrap pile up: As New Jersey Gov.
Kenya becomes the first African country to pass a law directing flows of e-scrap, and an Aussie stewardship group reaches out to the country's business community.
Kenya:Voice of America takes a look at efforts to formalize e-scrap management in Kenya, a country of more than 4
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Legislation and technologies have led to more formalized e-scrap processing in China and Hong Kong, experts meeting in Macau said recently.
Spain prepares to implement its electronics reuse targets, and activists in Bangladesh urge the government to address the issue of electronics disposal.
Bangladesh: Activists pushed for e-scrap management laws at a meeting in Dhaka, one of the world's most populous cities.
One expert says changes to the extended producer responsibility system in the U.K. are beneficial, and a Middle Eastern kingdom works to teach students about e-scrap recycling.
U.K.: The former head of the largest producer stewardship group in the U.K. writes about changes to the EPR system.
By the end of 2016, IMS Electronics Recycling will cut in half the number of processing facilities it operates.
The company confirmed to E-Scrap News that it will cease operations in Atlanta and Vancouver, Wash. this year. The Atlanta location will end operations Oct.
Over the next few months, New York State officials will draft regulations aimed at providing clarity on the existing e-scrap law, improving program performance and addressing challenges.
Legislation introduced in Pennsylvania increases the amount of e-scrap that manufacturers would be on the hook for recycling each year.
State Democratic Rep. Marty Flynn introduced a bill aiming to fix problems with the state's current extended producer responsibility law for electronics.
The state of Wisconsin is pleased with how its e-scrap program is going, but officials said in a recent report the program needs to be amended for the successes to continue.
E-Cycle Wisconsin started in 2010.
An Indiana newspaper urges lawmakers to address a lack of rural collection opportunities, and costs to recycle electronics are going up for residents in one upper Midwest municipality.
E-scrap pile up: As New Jersey Gov.
Kenya becomes the first African country to pass a law directing flows of e-scrap, and an Aussie stewardship group reaches out to the country's business community.
Kenya: 
Nigel Mattravers[/caption]
Legislation and technologies have led to more formalized e-scrap processing in China and Hong Kong, experts meeting in Macau said recently.
Spain prepares to implement its electronics reuse targets, and activists in Bangladesh urge the government to address the issue of electronics disposal.
Bangladesh: Activists pushed for e-scrap management laws at a meeting in Dhaka, one of the world's most populous cities.
One expert says changes to the extended producer responsibility system in the U.K. are beneficial, and a Middle Eastern kingdom works to teach students about e-scrap recycling.
By the end of 2016, IMS Electronics Recycling will cut in half the number of processing facilities it operates.
Over the next few months, New York State officials will draft regulations aimed at providing clarity on the existing e-scrap law, improving program performance and addressing challenges.
Representatives from major electronics manufacturers took to the stage at last week's E-Scrap 2016 conference.
Legislation introduced in Pennsylvania increases the amount of e-scrap that manufacturers would be on the hook for recycling each year.
State Democratic Rep. Marty Flynn introduced a bill aiming to fix problems with the state's current extended producer responsibility law for electronics.