A handful of electronics recycling stakeholders weighed in on a federal proposal to ban certain e-scrap exports and require stringent tracking for others. Their comments were published this week.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), a division of the U.S.
An industry group has identified six advanced recycling projects that target plastics from electronics.
Final adoption of key international guidelines for e-scrap exports was once again punted as debate drags on over the definition of "repairable" devices.
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, which went into effect in 1992 and is
Electronics repair-related bills have been introduced in legislatures across the country, but it's still too early to know where - or if - they'll gain traction.
Right-to-repair legislation has been introduced or is being drafted in 16 states this year: Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Massachu
The number of e-scrap processors that are members of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has declined in the past year.
According to ISRI's most recent membership list, some three dozen e-scrap processors operating 57 plants in the U.S. are currently ISRI members.
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SERI has named Sean De Vries as its R2 director.
Electronics manufacturers are proposing a nationwide point-of-sale fee to fund recycling of CRT devices, an industry group announced last week.
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has developed a program that would charge consumers a point-of-sale fee on new televisions and monitors.
The federal government will continue to allow the unlocking of mobile devices so they can be resold at higher values.