China's imports of some categories of non-ferrous metals, including copper, have gone down because of import quotas. | Andrew b Stowe/Shutterstock[/caption]
Reports from the Bureau of International Recycling shine a light on non-ferrous scrap metal markets as we enter the new year, particularly in Chin
Cascade's annual report includes data the company collected on the 560,000 assets it processed in 2018 and 2019. | fizkes/Shutterstock[/caption]
Resale values for used computers declined in 2019 after multiple years of increases, according to an ITAD firm.
Gartner reported that businesses upgrading to Windows 10 played into strong demand last year. | People Image Studio/Shutterstock[/caption]
Global PC purchases increased in 2019, reversing a years-long downward trend.
Staff at KC Recycling in Trail, B.C. | Courtesy of KC Recycling.[/caption]
KC Recycling, which prepares CRT glass for Teck's lead smelter in British Columbia, is doubling its glass-processing capacity.
Processor EPC expanded globally in a relatively short period of time using a partnership model. | Pushish Images/Shutterstock[/caption]
ITAD firms are increasingly asked to provide international service for their customers, but that can be an expensive endeavor.
U.S. e-scrap processors and brokers say they're currently able to move e-plastics. | Alexey Lesik/Shutterstock[/caption]
Asia remains the destination for many plastics recovered from electronics.
Ken Ehresman, president of Advanced Technology Recycling. | E-Scrap Conference and Trade Show/Brian Adams Photography[/caption]
Finding ways to grow or differentiate one's business is key to viability.
In May, the New York Federal Reserve Bank estimated tariffs in effect at that time would cost the average U.S. household $831 a year. | aijiro/Shutterstock[/caption]
The escalating trade war between the U.S.
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of E-Scrap News.