A sample of products containing bromine, as found by researchers.[/caption]
A researcher has found black e-plastics are being recycled into a variety of household applications, despite still containing additives that he says could be hazardous.
Recovered e-plastics are filling a demand by product ma
A byproduct from corn harvesting is a key component in a new method of e-scrap leaching.[/caption]
Researchers on two continents have recently made breakthroughs on the use of leaching techniques to recover critical materials from e-scrap.
Linda Li, chief strategy officer of LTG, speaking at the E-Scrap Conference in 2017[/caption]
A smelter owned by metals company Boliden processed 77,000 metric tons of scrap electronics last year, down 6 percent from the year before, according to recently released data.
Boliden, a mining and smelting giant with facilities across Northern Europe, operates the Rönnskär smelter in Sweden.
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.
The European Union will provide funding to help formalize e-scrap recycling in a West African country that has been at the center of heated material export debates.
The EU will provide 1.2 million euros (about $1.46 million) to the E-MAGIN Ghana project over the next four years, according to 
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Finnish recycling company Kuusakoski has refined its method for processing a key component of MRI machines and is now producing distinct streams of high-grade metals.
Most of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machi
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An IT asset disposition company has received a high-profile Circulars award from the World Economic Forum.
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A European electronics research consortium celebrated the first Circular Electronics Day this week, an effort to promote reuse and recycling.