New York's e-scrap collections were down about 3 percent in 2014, while Wisconsin saw an 18 percent drop. At the same time, multiple state environment departments have recommended changes to their extended producer responsibility laws for electronics recycling.
Those updates and others emerged from reports on e-scrap programs in four states: New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin.
More counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey halt e-scrap collection opportunities. Numbers out of New York City, meanwhile, indicate more than half of the city's collection comes in Staten Island.
Funding struggle: Another Pennsylvania county has suspended e-scrap collections.
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
Statistics released by the U.K. government show well over 500,000 metric tons of household electronics and appliances were collected for recycling in 2015.
Up nearly 30,000 tons from 2014's collection total of 491,880 metric tons, the 2015 haul marks the first time U.K.
Best Buy has announced it will begin charging for TVs and computer monitors customers bring into the company's stores for recycling.
A Wisconsin bill aims to increase the amount of e-scrap manufacturers are on the hook to recycle each year and ensure they collect material from rural areas.
New Jersey Gov.
Problems with Pennsylvania's e-scrap program continue to grab headlines as local programs restrict or halt collections.