Three companies have changed language in their product warranties that discouraged independent repairs after regulators said they may be running afoul of federal law.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in April
[caption id="attachment_8599" align="alignright" width="300"] The processing line at Proambi's facility in Mexico, photo courtesy of Salvador Río[/caption]
Mexico may be America's neighbor to the south, but in some ways, the e-scrap ecosystems in the two nations are worlds apart.
Shuttered CRT processor Nulife Glass continues to wade through a lengthy and costly cleanup of its East Coast operations.
The company, which had developed a furnace technology but closed last year, has thus far removed an estimated 19,765 tons of glass from its operations in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, E-Scrap News has learned.
According to o
E-scrap materials, including CRT glass, sit abandoned in rural Wyoming, with the site's former owner in prison and regulatory agencies still working to determine who should handle a cleanup.
As the conversation slowly moves forward, piles of scrap electronics remain inside and outside the vacant facility about 20 miles from Cheyenne, Wyo., and the site has experienced a
Customs officers in China’s port city of Xiamen seized a load of end-of-life electronics last month, claiming the material didn't meet e-scrap import standards.
The country’s General Administration of Customs reported last week on a load of 7.4 tons of LCDs that had been seize
Authorities recently handed down several penalties for improper management of scrap electronics.
On March 6 and March 13, a court in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous region of China, fined multiple unnamed defendants 106,000 Hong Kong dollars (about $13,500) for violations of waste disposal law
Budget shortfalls are a reality for state programs nationwide, and in Maryland, the strain is increasingly being felt at the county level.
The Maryland Recycling Network (MRN) recently held a webinar that featured Kitty McIlroy, project analyst for the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority
Three companies have changed language in their product warranties that discouraged independent repairs after regulators said they may be running afoul of federal law.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in April 
Minnesota’s state program has released data on its first full year since legislation significantly altered the program.
The processing line at Proambi's facility in Mexico, photo courtesy of Salvador Río[/caption]
Mexico may be America's neighbor to the south, but in some ways, the e-scrap ecosystems in the two nations are worlds apart.
Shuttered CRT processor Nulife Glass continues to wade through a lengthy and costly cleanup of its East Coast operations.
The company, which had developed a furnace technology but closed last year, has thus far removed an estimated 19,765 tons of glass from its operations in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, E-Scrap News has learned.
According to o
A recently released state program report provides insights into the changing composition of end-of-life electronics.
E-scrap materials, including CRT glass, sit abandoned in rural Wyoming, with the site's former owner in prison and regulatory agencies still working to determine who should handle a cleanup.
As the conversation slowly moves forward, piles of scrap electronics remain inside and outside the vacant facility about 20 miles from Cheyenne, Wyo., and the site has experienced a 
Customs officers in China’s port city of Xiamen seized a load of end-of-life electronics last month, claiming the material didn't meet e-scrap import standards.
The country’s General Administration of Customs 
Authorities recently handed down several penalties for improper management of scrap electronics.
On March 6 and March 13, a court in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous region of China, 
Budget shortfalls are a reality for state programs nationwide, and in Maryland, the strain is increasingly being felt at the county level.
The Maryland Recycling Network (MRN) recently held a webinar that featured Kitty McIlroy, project analyst for the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority