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By rr_test_admin, 17 June, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_16081" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Closeup of a circuit board. The World Health Organization's report noted more than 1,000 harmful substances can be released during informal processing of e-scrap. | Chaikom / Shutterstock[/caption] The World Health Organization recently examined the health risks associated with informal
By rr_test_admin, 13 May, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15848" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Computer user with a ranking system on screen. Companies are graded on a scale of 1 to 10 for each attribute, with 10 being extraordinary and 1 being extremely poor. | Thapana Onphalai / Shutterstock[/caption] Research firm Compliance Standards this week began publishing company r
By rr_test_admin, 22 April, 2021
[caption id="attachment_8917" align="aligncenter" width="1080"]Electronics collected for recycling in a bin. Electronics recycling and repair advocates provided comments to the EPA as the agency considers changing what counts toward the national recycling rate. | Photographee.eu / Shutterstock[/caption] If electronics are repaired, refurbished or re
By rr_test_admin, 11 March, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15483" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Circuit board close up. Researchers explained that their method demonstrates metal purification can occur at much lower temperatures than typically used. | nikkytok/Shutterstock[/caption] Iowa State University engineers have developed a method that uses oxidation technology t
By rr_test_admin, 11 February, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15344" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Map with a pin in Ghana. Researchers delved into the question of exactly what is actually happening on the ground with electronics shipments to Africa. | Wead/Shutterstock[/caption] During a recent panel discussion, an e-scrap researcher and a journalist described the consequences of exporting el
By rr_test_admin, 10 December, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_14964" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Various electronics gathered for recycling. E-scrap generation, by weight, is down by almost 10% compared with its peak in 2015. | DAMRONG RATTANAPONG/Shutterstock[/caption] The weight of electronics entering the recycling stream has dropped consistently since hitting
By rr_test_admin, 19 November, 2020
[caption id="attachment_14876" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Hands at work on a laptop. Most enterprises say they've purchased laptops because of the pandemic, and most plan to resell the devices when they're no longer needed. | Alex Ruhl/Shutterstock[/caption] Nearly half of large organizations have created job positions related to man