A partnership between a processor and a prison in the U.K. is training inmates in dismantling electronics within the prison walls.
U.K. e-scrap operator Recycling Lives has set up an workshop inside HMP Dovegate, a privately run prison in Staffordshire, England.
A growing threat in the e-scrap sector received national analysis this week, when The Washington Post visited a processing facility and explored the danger of lithium-ion battery fires.
The newspaper visited ITAD company Cascade Asset Management in Wisconsin, where employees demonstrated device dismantling 
An architect's rendering of the in-progress MCPc facility in Cleveland.[/caption]
IT logistics firm MCPc is pushing further into the end-of-life device management field and is gearing up to open a large ITAD facility in Cleveland.
Jason Taylor, group president for the asset di
Insurance providers already sell policies to protect companies that lose data to hackers.
Sims Recycling Solutions saw higher earnings during its recently ended fiscal year, bolstered by better profitability at its U.S.
Illinois-headquartered Com2, which uses glass to produce a glaze for ceramics, has seen its processing activity cut in half over the past year.
Com2 had 
CompuCycle is expanding its footprint and capabilities with the installation of a multi-million-dollar shredding and separation system.
The 22-year-old company recently agreed to purchase a 40,000-square-foot space near its existing facility for the installation of the shredding and separation system.
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Gold mining is historically important to North Carolina: It experienced America's first gold rush in the early 1800s, and the Charlotte Mint was built to mint coins from all the gold coming out of the ground.
Carol and Peter Jegou didn't realize the region's gold connection when they launched All Green Recycling (AGR) and its precious metals recovery business in Char
Another electronics recycling and IT asset disposition company has signed up to use tracking devices to monitor the downstream movement of scrap electronics.
Wisconsin-based Cascade Asset Management announced it will use the EarthEye tracking service, which was