Facing a shaky long-term outlook for plastic exports, Sims Recycling Solutions has invested in plastics cleanup systems in the U.S. and the Netherlands.
The global e-scrap recycling and ITAD company in June will commission a plastics sorting system in La Vergne, Tenn., near Nashville.
A handful of electronics recycling stakeholders weighed in on a federal proposal to ban certain e-scrap exports and require stringent tracking for others. Their comments were published this week.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), a division of the U.S.
Material inside the facility formerly operated by eWaste Recycling Solutions in Lewiston, Maine.[/caption]
Processor eWaste Recycling Solutions, which handled a sizable portion of Maine's regulated material, has closed.
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Ingram Micro has opened its fourth new ITAD facility of 2019, this time in Peru's capital city.
Irvine, Calif.-headquartered Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services 
Florida-based Early Upgrade recently moved into a much larger warehouse and is buying a wider array of end-of-life devices.
The Jacksonville, Fla. company launched in 2009 as a small business buying and selling used mobile phones.
Canadian e-scrap processor Greentec released its first sustainability report this week.
A sibling of SAM has landed in the Midwest. ERI has installed its second Super Automated Machine (SAM), an e-scrap sorting robot, at the company's Indiana plant.
The nationwide ITAD and e-scrap recycling company installed its first SAM unit at its Fresno, Calif. headquarters in December.
An Arizona-headquartered processor is expanding into California with an ITAD facility serving the northern part of the state.
ER2, based in Mesa, Ariz., last week 
The Basel Action Network exports watchdog group and Canadian e-scrap company Electronic Recycling Association have ended their legal battle, shortly after a judge tossed out some of the processor's claims.
The parties signed an 
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With massive amounts of server farm electronics expected to be replaced in coming years, Sims Recycling Solutions has its head solidly in the cloud.
Executives from the global ITAD and e-scrap recycling company rec