More than 1,200 electronics sustainability professionals - representing repair shops, ITAD firms, recyclers, OEMs and others - are gathering this week at the E-Scrap & E-Reuse Conference.
The National Retail Federation has acquired the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group focused on product returns, refurbishment, resale and recycling for electronics and other products.
Environmental and sustainability certifier SCS Global Services launched a recycled-content certification for the electrical and electronic equipment industries that verifies the total percentage of recycled materials in products.
Small- and medium-sized recycling businesses that are interested in setting up environmental, social and governance plans will soon have a new toolkit to help them.
With solar panels and alternative energy growing more popular, e-scrap recycling organizations are preparing to handle more of the units at their end of life.
Last week's Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Convention put a focus on two issues critical to the global side of the sector: the state of recycling in China and efforts to enhance shipping protocols.
Hard conversations, checking unconscious bias and letting employees drive change with leadership's support are all vital to building more diverse workforces, experts recently explained.
Electronics Recyclers International and nonprofit Opportunity Enterprises have teamed up to provide e-scrap recycling training for people with disabilities in Indiana.
Public testimony on a proposed consumer electronics right-to-repair bill in Oregon spilled over into two different days, with 19 speaking in favor and eight speaking against.