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By rr_test_admin, 17 August, 2017
A worldwide police operation busted people suspected of illegal waste shipping and disposal, mostly involving metals and scrap electronics, according to Interpol. The group, which facilitates cooperation between nearly 200 countries' police forces, announced the results of a month-long coordinated campaign to disrupt organized crime groups involved in the i
By rr_test_admin, 20 July, 2017
Worldwide shipments of PCs continued a nearly three-year consistent decline during the past year, industry analysts reported this month. PC manufacturers shipped just over 61 million units during the second quarter of 2017, which is between 2 million and 3 million fewer than a year earlier, depending on the analysis. Market researc
By rr_test_admin, 29 June, 2017

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A recent decision by the Chinese government to more intensely inspect imported shipments of e-scrap and other recovered materials is here to stay, according to one international trade expert. Steve Wong, the executive president of the China Scrap Plastics Association and the leader of Hong Kong-based plastics recycling company Fukutomi Company Limited, told E-Scrap News the Chinese gover
By rr_test_admin, 15 June, 2017
Com2 Recycling Solutions is opening a facility in Georgia as it expands its capacity to produce a glaze product from CRT glass. The glaze is currently used on tile products made by Brazilian manufacturers. Illinois-based Com2 says the move will increase its total CRT processing capacity to 200 tons of intact devices per day and could also give e-scrap companies in the southern U.S.
By rr_test_admin, 15 June, 2017
The Bureau of International Recycling has begun its study on worldwide e-scrap generation and flows. The Bureau of International Recycling's (BIR) E-Scrap Committee has started the analysis of available global e-scrap information, assisted by a consultant at the Harokopio University of Athens in Greece.
By rr_test_admin, 1 June, 2017
An e-scrap group that advocates for exports of used electronics has detailed a new mechanism for funding e-scrap collection in an area of the world that has long been perceived as a materials dumping ground. Fair Trade Recycling's carbon offset model aims to encourage exporters to sell to buyers in Ghana at discounted prices, with the goal of redir