Aurubis will invest $359 million at a smelter, gold maintains its recent high prices and researchers say recycled copper from e-scrap doesn't necessarily generate fewer greenhouse gasses than virgin mined metal. 

A Midwest man was sentenced to three years of probation and an East Coast man pleaded guilty to a hazardous waste crime in court cases that both involve TV recycling.

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content. In the years since China's announcement in 2017 that it would be closing the door to imports of low-value recycled plastics, electronics recycling companies have been scrambling to figure out how to handle the polymer segment of the stream. Sending to Southeast...

E-scrap and ITAD processors nationwide are disinfecting surfaces, changing work stations, modifying the ways they take in material, and more. The goal is to limit employees' potential contact with the coronavirus. With more than 400,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the U.S. and regulations limiting daily activities in a growing number of states, electronics recycling operations are adapting to the...

The coronavirus has prompted the closure of a state recycling association, and it spurred the Federal Reserve to encourage investors to continue lending to local governments.  The following are summaries of some recent news items related to the pandemic:  State association closing: The Ohio Recycling Coalition shut down permanently effective March 20. In a statement to Resource Recycling, the organization...

The U.S. recycling rates for both PET bottles and all plastic bottles have fallen slightly, according to two reports released by industry groups. PET bottles The annual report from the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) shows over 1.8 billion pounds of PET bottles were collected in the U.S. for recycling in 2018, up 5% over the previous year....

California lawmakers passed a bill requiring the use of recycled plastic in beverage containers. Separately, they OK'd legislation aimed at easing the use of cullet in bottles. The two bills are separate from a sweeping bill focused on single-use packaging that failed to advance during the recent legislature session. Building recycled plastic demand Producers of most plastic beverage containers sold...

A dozen electronics recycling companies will cut checks totaling $517,000 to settle allegations they’re partially responsible for abandoned cathode-ray tube materials in Ohio. Meanwhile, 15 other recycling companies appear set to duke it out with landowners in court. The case is part of the fallout from the 2016 collapse of Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, which was paid to take...

This article has been corrected. A dozen e-scrap companies will cut checks totalling $517,000 to settle allegations they're partially responsible for abandoned CRT materials in Ohio. Meanwhile, 15 other processors appear set to duke it out with landowners in court. The case is part of the fallout from the 2016 collapse of Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, which was paid...

The U.S. and China have fired their latest salvo in their ongoing trade war, and this time tariffs have been applied to recovered plastics and a number of other U.S. recyclables. On Aug. 23, each country began imposing new rounds of penalties on $16 billion worth of each other's goods. Among the hundreds of categories of products, this latest round...