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Four e-scrap companies have issued statements after being tagged by the Basel Action Network for allegedly exporting scrap printers and LCD monitors.
Seattle-based Basel Action Network (BAN)
Basel Action Network, which has been using GPS trackers to follow used electronics, today named six companies it says were involved in shipping scrap printers and LCD monitors to Asia.
The Seattle-based advocacy group today
Industry advocates will be pushing government leaders at the state and federal level this year to approve legislation and regulations protecting consumer device repair and reuse.
Repair.org (formerly known as the Digital Right to Repair Coalition) announced "right to repair" bills have now been introduced in 15 state legislatures.
[caption id="attachment_7278" align="alignright" width="300"] Tax reform legislation moving through Congress could help electronics recycling companies deduct equipment expenditures.[/caption]
Tax reform bills approved by the U.S.
Industry consolidation and soft metal and plastics markets resulted in a decline in membership by e-scrap processors in the last year in the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.
E-Scrap News annually looks at ISRI’s membership rolls to find out how many pure-play North American e-scrap firms join the organization (we recognize that a good numbe
Electronics recycling supports 920 jobs and injects more than $200 million into the Texas economy, researchers estimate.
The Study on the Economic Impacts of Recycling was conducted by Burns & McDonnell for the
Data detailing the global generation and flow of e-scrap is in draft form and will be published within the next couple months, according to the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR).
The organization aims to release the study well in advance of its May 2018 meeting, the chairman of BIR's e-scrap committee recently announced.
Accord
Regulators in California are studying a number of legislative fixes to the nation's longest-running e-scrap program, including expanding the existing consumer-funded model or going with a more commonly used system financed by OEMs.
In an Oct.
Credit: lightrain/Shutterstock[/caption]
Four e-scrap companies have issued statements after being tagged by the Basel Action Network for allegedly exporting scrap printers and LCD monitors.
Seattle-based Basel Action Network (BAN) 
Basel Action Network, which has been using GPS trackers to follow used electronics, today named six companies it says were involved in shipping scrap printers and LCD monitors to Asia.
The Seattle-based advocacy group today 
Industry advocates will be pushing government leaders at the state and federal level this year to approve legislation and regulations protecting consumer device repair and reuse.
Repair.org (formerly known as the Digital Right to Repair Coalition) announced "right to repair" bills have now been introduced in 15 state legislatures.
Tax reform legislation moving through Congress could help electronics recycling companies deduct equipment expenditures.[/caption]
Tax reform bills approved by the U.S.
Industry consolidation and soft metal and plastics markets resulted in a decline in membership by e-scrap processors in the last year in the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.
E-Scrap News annually looks at ISRI’s membership rolls to find out how many pure-play North American e-scrap firms join the organization (we recognize that a good numbe
A recent write-up from a U.K.
Electronics recycling supports 920 jobs and injects more than $200 million into the Texas economy, researchers estimate.
Data detailing the global generation and flow of e-scrap is in draft form and will be published within the next couple months, according to the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR).
The organization aims to release the study well in advance of its May 2018 meeting, the chairman of BIR's e-scrap committee recently announced.
Accord
Regulators in California are studying a number of legislative fixes to the nation's longest-running e-scrap program, including expanding the existing consumer-funded model or going with a more commonly used system financed by OEMs.
In an 
A European project will release a data platform providing a wealth of information on changes in the end-of-life stream.