A nonprofit group buys California-based Isidore Electronics Recycling, and two lawmakers think 2017 may be the year a "right to repair" bill passes in Minnesota.
Processor acquisition: A major Los Angeles nonprofit organization that helps the formerly incarcerated find jobs purchased Isidore Electronics Recycling.
A bill limiting exports of scrap electronics has been reintroduced in Congress, after it failed to advance in 2016.
A lawmaker reintroduced the Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA), 
Two familiar pieces of legislation under consideration in Illinois aim to promote CRT glass storage, but they take different paths toward that goal.
The idea of storing CRT glass in dedicated cells at a landfill was 
E-scrap generation grew 63 percent in east and Southeast Asian countries in five years, a comprehensive study has found. Some nations are ill-equipped to handle that increase.
Why the substantial rise e-scrap volumes?
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill overhauling the state's e-scrap program. It was identical to legislation he pocket vetoed in 2016.
Christie on Jan.
Over the summer, the state of New York announced it would hand out $3 million in grants to help local governments recycle electronics.
An Indiana newspaper urges lawmakers to address a lack of rural collection opportunities, and costs to recycle electronics are going up for residents in one upper Midwest municipality.
E-scrap pile up: As New Jersey Gov.
A year ago, a federal official temporarily granted individuals and companies alike the right to unlock used phones and tablets.
Electronics recycling in just a few years in New Jersey has gone from a highly successful and widespread program that processed worn-out televisions and computers to one where a growing number of e-scrap collection sites are being abandoned.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) suggested several amendments to an e-scrap reform bill that would hand greater program control to manufacturers.