The Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA) is just the latest attempt to enact unnecessary legislation to restrict the export of used electronic products.
Lawmakers in Ghana have reportedly approved legislation that will result in a national fund to provide collection and recycling services for end-of-life electronics.
Minnesota made significant changes to its e-scrap program. However, its neighbor Wisconsin failed to pass major updates. Those are just two notes in our look at six action-packed months in state-level policy.
The Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act calls for extensive restrictions on exports of end-of-life electronics in the name of thwarting illegal counterfeiting operations abroad.
A data-erasure company says far too many used drives are not properly wiped, and a law firm pursues a class-action lawsuit against beleaguered processor Total Reclaim.
A legislative fix to revamp Pennsylvania's struggling electronics recycling program isn't going to cut it, according to a group of five recycling stakeholders in the state.
California presses felony charges over an e-scrap company's alleged violations of hazardous waste laws, and communities in New Jersey and Wisconsin reduce or eliminate collections because of costs.
The Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA) is just the latest attempt to enact unnecessary legislation to restrict the export of used electronic products.
Lawmakers in Ghana have reportedly approved legislation that will result in a national fund to provide collection and recycling services for end-of-life electronics.
Minnesota made significant changes to its e-scrap program. However, its neighbor Wisconsin failed to pass major updates. Those are just two notes in our look at six action-packed months in state-level policy.
The Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act calls for extensive restrictions on exports of end-of-life electronics in the name of thwarting illegal counterfeiting operations abroad.
A bill axing North Carolina's electronics recycling law has hit a stumbling block.
Legislation championed by electronics repair advocates failed to advance in the New York legislature this year.
A data-erasure company says far too many used drives are not properly wiped, and a law firm pursues a class-action lawsuit against beleaguered processor Total Reclaim.
California presses felony charges over an e-scrap company's alleged violations of hazardous waste laws, and communities in New Jersey and Wisconsin reduce or eliminate collections because of costs.
A bill that terminates North Carolina's electronics recycling law has made it through the state Senate, but it still faces significant hurdles.