A technology that will allow recyclers to extract valuable metals from e-scrap like shredded hard drives without affecting the other materials is entering its pilot plant stage.
[caption id="attachment_18869" align="aligncenter" width="900"]E-scrap collection in South Carolina is set to undergo some major modifications. | Jon Bilous/Shutterstock[/caption]
South Carolina's e-scrap program will be seeing significant changes in the
Metals giant Korea Zinc is set to control e-scrap recycling and secondary processing operations in the U.S. and Europe, striking a $332 million deal to acquire a majority stake in Igneo Technologies.
Responding to client needs as well as market shifts around plastics and other materials, e-scrap and ITAD company GreenChip has plans to significantly expand in Virginia.
Two New England e-scrap recycling companies have agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to help fund CRT cleanups at former Closed Loop Refining and Recovery warehouses in Ohio.
E-scrap firm evTerra has plans to soon be running four plants across the U.S., part of a strategy to ensure a steady stream of material to the Igneo secondary smelter slated for Savannah, Ga.
A Midwest electronics recycling company has set a new high mark when it comes to knocking down laptops in a domino fashion (yes, such a record exists).
A large copper smelter slated to be built in Georgia has run into resistance from a local group, even as a judge signed off on millions in bond authority for the construction.
E-scrap collection in South Carolina is set to undergo some major modifications. | Jon Bilous/Shutterstock[/caption]
A Chicago-based metals company will open a new e-scrap facility near its headquarters.