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Iron Mountain's asset life cycle business increased its volume of used electronics processed during the first quarter, but a depressed market for electronic components meant much lower revenues. 

REDWAVE released a system that sorts fine metals using a belt rather than a chute.

Lithium button cell batteries sparked a small fire at BlueSky Solutions, but an official at the North Carolina e-scrap recycler said workflow changes have been made to prevent future incidents. 

After over two decades in the IT asset management space, Re-Source Partners found its niche and recently received an award for it. 

[caption id="attachment_21633" align="aligncenter" width="900"] CNE Direct located its newest facility in Ohio to make it easier to ship out refurbished devices. | Courtesy of CNE Direct[/caption] ITAD companies often seek to site facilities near their clients to reduce costs and environmental impacts of collecting used electronics.

Princeton NuEnergy secured a $12 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate the commercialization of its technology. 

When the CEO of electronics reuse and recycling company R3eWaste decided to license the firm's operations management software to the industry at large, he recognized that no competitors would bite if R3eWaste still used it. 

Best Buy has launched a program through which consumers can purchase boxes to ship scrap electronics to ERI for recycling. 

Electronics Recyclers International and nonprofit Opportunity Enterprises have teamed up to provide e-scrap recycling training for people with disabilities in Indiana. 

ITAD services provider TES has opened a 40,000-square-foot processing facility in Las Vegas.