With the value of e-plastics plummeting and a major export market crumbling, North American firms are scrambling to identify ways to manage the material.
Plastics from electronics have always been a tricky material to manage.
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
The IT asset disposition sector is facing “unprecedented uncertainty,” according to an industry expert, yet it is receiving more and more interest from outside investors.
In a recent analysis, David Daoud of research and cons
A confluence of factors has led logistics experts to predict that American firms, including those in the recycling industry, will experience higher over-the-road shipping costs in the next six months.
The current truckload market is already the tightest in four years.
The largest issue is a growing economy.
Sims Recycling Solutions' consolidation of U.S. e-scrap shredding operations yielded financial benefits and more clearly drew a line between its shredding and reuse activities.
[caption id="attachment_6761" align="alignright" width="300"] Joe Pickard speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.[/caption]
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been volatile of late.
Lithium-ion batteries will come to play a far larger role in the scrap electronics stream in the future, and an expert says companies will need to adapt to the challenges and opportunities these materials present.
The economy will become more and more electrified by battery technology, predicts John Kincaide, who is vice chair of the b
Though overall revenue fell, profits at global e-scrap company Sims Recycling Solutions grew significantly last year, according to the firm's latest financial filings.
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), the electronics recycling arm of Australia-based scrap metal company Sims Metal Management, contributed earnings of 20 million Australian dollar
With the value of e-plastics plummeting and a major export market crumbling, North American firms are scrambling to identify ways to manage the material.
Plastics from electronics have always been a tricky material to manage.
What's important to consumers who are considering purchasing refurbished mobile phones?
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 IT asset disposition sector is facing “unprecedented uncertainty,” according to an industry expert, yet it is receiving more and more interest from outside investors.
In a 
A confluence of factors has led logistics experts to predict that American firms, including those in the recycling industry, will experience higher over-the-road shipping costs in the next six months.
The current truckload market is already the tightest in four years.
The largest issue is a growing economy.
Sims Recycling Solutions' consolidation of U.S. e-scrap shredding operations yielded financial benefits and more clearly drew a line between its shredding and reuse activities.
Joe Pickard speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.[/caption]
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been volatile of late.
Lithium-ion batteries will come to play a far larger role in the scrap electronics stream in the future, and an expert says companies will need to adapt to the challenges and opportunities these materials present.
The economy will become more and more electrified by battery technology, predicts John Kincaide, who is vice chair of the b
Though overall revenue fell, profits at global e-scrap company Sims Recycling Solutions grew significantly last year, according to the firm's latest financial filings.
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), the electronics recycling arm of Australia-based scrap metal company Sims Metal Management, contributed earnings of 20 million Australian dollar