[caption id="attachment_2388" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]NovoTec has already begun shipping glass to the new destinations. | HomeArt/Shutterstock[/caption]
NovoTec Recycling finalized contracts to ship CRT glass to smelters in British Columbia and South Korea.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="900"]In April, the Chinese government will enact new requirements for pellet imports. | Piyathep/Shutterstock[/caption]
Officials in Beijing are set to enact new requirements around the purity of recycled plastic pellets imported into China, which could disrupt international markets f
[caption id="attachment_12898" align="aligncenter" width="900"]SERI will accept public comments on their updated draft via an online form. | TypoArt BS/Shutterstock[/caption]
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International has released a revised draft of the new R2 standard for comment.
[caption id="attachment_12746" align="aligncenter" width="900"]In addition to the growth in e-scrap processing, the New York Times report focused on the poor conditions of some Thai recycling operations. | Wead/Shutterstock[/caption]
The scrap electronics processing industry is active and growing in Thailand, according to a New York Times featur
[caption id="attachment_12507" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]Kenya's Port of Mombasa will no longer be a destination for used electronics exports next year. | Ungureanu Catalina Oana / Shutterstock.com[/caption]
News reports indicate the East African country of Kenya will ban imports of used electronics starting in 2020.
PD Online, a news outlet based in the
[caption id="attachment_1244" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Baltic Control has approval to inspect a variety of U.S. shipments to China | stockstudio/Shutterstock[/caption]
U.S.
[caption id="attachment_8732" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]A computer tower with a tracking device provided by the Green Tracking Service (device at lower right).[/caption]
Green Tracking Service is making several changes to its GPS monitoring products, including new tracker models and more data being reported to users.
The service, which is provided by California-ba
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="950"]In May, the New York Federal Reserve Bank estimated tariffs in effect at that time would cost the average U.S. household $831 a year. | aijiro/Shutterstock[/caption]
The escalating trade war between the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_12029" align="aligncenter" width="980"]The bill's sponsors have said the proposal would help to grow the domestic recycling industry. | Rolf 52/Shutterstock[/caption]
Legislation limiting e-scrap exports has now been introduced in both federal legislative chambers, and in both cases the bills have bipartisan sponsorship.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="950"]India was the second largest importer of U.S. scrap plastic during the first six months of 2019. | Avigator Fortuner/Shutterstock[/caption]
Recovered plastic, including material from end-of-life electronics, has largely stopped flowing from the U.S.