California aims to raise the recycling fee it charges buyers of new electronics, and Illinois begins to restore some of its e-scrap collection programs. California considers changes: California wants to raise its covered electronic waste recycling fee, which is the fee consumers pay when they buy electronics. Currently, consumers pay $3, $4 or $5 on each purchase, depending on screen...

This story originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of E-Scrap News.Subscribe today for access to all print content. It's never easy to understand what's really happening on the ground of electronics processing sites on the other side of the planet. But the case of Ghana's Agbogbloshie is particularly complex -- and politically charged The site, located within the Ghanaian...

Local governments are saving money through their participation in statewide paint stewardship programs, according to the Product Stewardship Institute. The Boston-based Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) recently released two reports on paint-recycling programs: One analysis focused on the impacts of paint stewardship programs on local household hazardous waste (HHW) programs, and the other explored the progress of California's paint program. Stewardship...

Ann Arbor, Mich. has ended a MRF operation contract with ReCommunity over alleged safety and fire issues at the city's recycling facility. ReCommunity was in the 20th year of a 26-year contract with Ann Arbor to operate the city's single-stream MRF. The City owns the MRF and has contracted with ReCommunity to run and staff the operation. It had employed...

PepsiCo has unveiled a new marketing campaign aimed at boosting morale and support around recycling in the U.S. Through a recently released commercial, the food and beverage giant is imploring people to "give recycling 100 percent." The impetus for the ad, according to the video, is that the U.S. bottle and can recycling rate in the U.S. is below 50...

Reverse vending machines are introduced in South Africa's largest city to promote recycling. South Africa: A pilot program using reverse vending machines is underway in Johannesburg. The machines accept plastic bottles and tin cans and turn them into points for users. Users can redeem those points for things like bus or train tickets, reports IOL. U.K.: A new study reveals...

Aluminum giant Constellium is joining forces with Nespresso to help keep more of the coffee brand's single-use capsules out of the waste stream in some parts of Europe. The two companies are partnering to help enhance Nespresso's Second Life program, which encourages people to use spent Nespresso coffee pods to create art, jewelry and other products. Nespresso makes its pods...

Oregon's plastics recycling business goes global, and the pioneering work of a recycled plastics lumber researcher is chronicled. New plastic-to-fuels discovery: Scientists in the U.S. and China have discovered a new method for converting PE into fuels, sciencedaily.com reports. The discovery from scientists at the University of California, Irvine and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistryuses alkanes to separate polymer molecules...

Several workers were killed in an accident at a U.K. metals recycling operation, and Hong Kong beachgoers can’t find the sand through the trash. U.K.: Five people were killed at a scrap metal recycling plant in Birmingham, a major city in central England. According to ABC News, the workers were killed when a wall collapsed. A sixth man was injured....

A Canadian foam processing company receives a major injection of capital, and San Antonio hopes fines will get people in the mood to recycle. Sorting citations: The City of San Antonio will start fining people who put trash in their blue recycling bin. Fox29 reports the fine has been set at $25, but residents will get warnings first. Polystyrene recycling...