The director of the Basel Action Network shared his thoughts in a recent webinar on an amendment to the Basel Convention and outlined what he sees as next steps, including digitizing the prior informed consent procedure.
Processors and resellers have seen pricing for their offerings fall significantly in recent months as supply chain issues and other factors slow demand from international buyers.
More than two dozen researchers and e-scrap experts from nine countries are calling for a global extended producer responsibility system that ensures European producers take care of e-scrap after it's exported.
A longtime exports policy observer says an e-scrap exports prohibition currently under consideration in Congress protects OEM profits by squeezing off feedstock for legitimate overseas repair and refurbishment operations.
The co-founder of the Coalition for American Electronics Recycling argues that an e-scrap export prohibition will safeguard the U.S., advance domestic industry and protect voiceless workers in developing countries.
Two U.S. Senators have reintroduced the Secure E-waste Export and Recycling Act as a tactic to push inclusion of e-scrap export prohibition text in the final version of the America COMPETES Act.
A newly adopted schedule of tariff codes provides more detailed categories for e-scrap shipments moving over international borders. The changes could usher in a more detailed look at U.S. exports of key e-scrap commodities.
The U.S. House passed the America COMPETES Act on Feb. 4, moving a restriction of e-scrap exports closer to becoming law than previous efforts achieved.