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A meeting of the International Council of Containership Operators got raided last week, sending tremors throughout the ocean shipping industry. The Club, the nickname for the bi-annual meeting of the International Council of Containership Operators, is a secretive alliance of the CEOs of the world’s top two dozen c

A tech startup is developing a new product to verify trustworthiness among traders of electronic scrap and other recyclable materials. Scrap Connection plans to offer reports on companies in the scrap materials trading industry, using information gleaned from confidential reviews from former customers.

A smuggling crackdown in China is causing headaches for U.S.

Washington's collection numbers continue their downward trend, and curbside e-scrap collection comes to an end in a South Carolina community. Collection numbers: Washington state collected more than 2.3 million pounds of electronics for recycling in February.

Greenpeace targets smartphones in a new report, and a workplace chemical exposure rule may be delayed due to a White House directive. Device demand drops: Worldwide shipments of new personal computing devices, including PCs and tablets, are expected to decline, according to a new forecast by the

Sims Metal Management's e-scrap business is generating less revenue but managing to increase earnings. Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS), which operates 29 e-scrap facilities around the world, saw earnings of nearly 11.1 million Australian dollars (about $8.5 million) during the first half of the 2017 fiscal year, according to

Long lines fail to deter residents from participating in a collection event, and one community sets up curbside e-scrap collections. E-scrap rarity: Curbside e-scrap collection is available for Yorkville, Ill. residents, as the city has expanded its contract with its waste and recycling services provider.

Sims Recycling Solutions has made a concerted effort to target higher-value assets in recent years. The company's sales chief says that strategy is progressing, but that its implementation has not always been simple in a complex global marketplace. According to Sean Magann, vice president of sales and marketing at Sims, the company's scrap recycling roots have

Even with the tough economic times of 2016, the electronics recycling membership of a key trade association remained fairly stable. E-Scrap News analyzed the published membership lists for 2015-16 and 2016-17 for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), and focused only on the pure-play e-scrap members (firms that are solely involved in

A Los Angeles-based processor that hires formerly incarcerated people grabs attention, and Samsung explains what exactly caused its flagship mobile device to overheat. Dual defects: An internal investigation by Samsung has revealed two causes of the high-profile overheating problems that plagued the company's Galaxy Note 7.