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[caption id="attachment_3755" align="alignright" width="256"] Tom Bolon[/caption] Let me cut to the chase: There is plenty of capacity at lead smelters in North America to fully recycle the lead from collected CRT glass. We have all heard from one source or another that the smelters are either shutting down or drastically lowering their capacity

[caption id="attachment_3897" align="alignright" width="300"] J.J. Santos[/caption] In developed countries, the ceramics industry is one of the sectors with the highest investment in innovation aimed at limiting the environmental impacts of its activities.

[caption id="attachment_3757" align="alignright" width="300"] The ERI facility in Lincoln Park, N.J.[/caption] While many e-scrap companies have begun avoiding the CRT-heavy streams that define local government collections, the leader of one major processor says cities continue to be valuable partners for his firm. ERI last week announced the opening of an e-scrap consolidation fa

An Arizona for-profit business shares electronics disassembly tips with a local nonprofit group, and a Minnesota county boosts fees it charges individuals who drop off display devices. Knowledge sharing: An Arizona electronics recycling and hard drive destruction company shared some e-scrap disassembly knowledge with the nonprofit group Worl

A nonprofit e-scrap recycling firm is shutting down at the end of the month due to low commodity prices and lack of business. Secure Recycling Services (SRS) is located in Dixon, Ill., about 100 miles west of Chicago.

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.

Apple settles accusations from California that it mishandled material from recycled electronics, and a writer says design innovation may have led to the Galaxy Note 7 battery issues. Apple settlement: The California EPA has reached a settlement with Apple, which was accused of mishandling e-scrap, according to

UNICOR, also known as Federal Prison Industries, has shut down its electronics recycling facilities at several prisons across the country, leaving a sizable gap in the U.S.

A south Florida nonprofit group that trains and employs people with disabilities is closing one of its e-scrap drop-off facilities as it adapts to a changing market. ARC Broward IT Asset Recovery will