A tech startup is developing a new product to verify trustworthiness among traders of electronic scrap and other recyclable materials.
Scrap Connection plans to offer reports on companies in the scrap materials trading industry, using information gleaned from confidential reviews from former customers.
A former U.S. e-scrap executive pleads not guilty to federal charges related to business practices, and an infamous scrap site in Ghana grabs more headlines.
Safer processing: The German government will help build an e-scrap processing facility in the Agbogbloshie area of Accra, Ghana.
Consumers in China hold onto their old mobile phones for an average of two years after replacing them, and flame retardants in e-plastics show up in recycled products.
China: Less than 10 percent of mobile phones no longer in use are recycled by Chinese citizens each year.
The future will bring substantial changes in the e-scrap recycling world, and companies will have to adapt to remain competitive, industry leaders said at the International Electronics Recycling Congress.
One of those changes will be the increasing adoption of the Internet of Things, or a multitude of wirelessly connected devices, some small and wearable.
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Scotland authorities fine a man for attempting to export e-scrap to Nigeria, and Hong Kong will charge fees to electronics importers to pay for end-of-life recycling services.
Scotland: A man was prosecuted and fined for attempting to export electronic scrap to Nigeria, according to the 
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.
A state-of-the art electronics recycling facility opens in Sweden, and a retailer in Sri Lanka offers e-scrap drop-off.