Europe

Bloomberg takes readers on a tour of the Chinese town of Guiyu as it looks to formalize electronics recycling, and flooding in parts of India has complicated e-scrap efforts. Amazon is urging its customers in the U.K. to immediately recycle any "hoverboards" they purchased from the site, saying they will be refunded within days.

Romania remains well short of a 2021 European Union target for e-scrap collections, and Sims Metals Management brought profitability to its global e-scrap recycling business in fiscal year 2015. If all electronics generated in Europe's waste stream were recycled, the industry could realize nearly $2.3 billion in revenue, according to an article at