After 13 years, Retroworks de Mexico turned off the lights and shuttered this fall. But the CRT processor was no failure. As a partner who helped found Retroworks de Mexico, I’ll tell the story of how the company began, what factors led to its closure, and why its operations over the past 13 years have demonstrated that emerging-market countries can...

You’d be forgiven if you were misled by the headline of the press release announcing the most recent report from United Nations University and its partners on international e-scrap flows. The title of the news release for the "Person in the Port Project" analysis is this: "Thousands of tonnes of e-waste is shipped illegally to Nigeria inside used vehicles." That...

This story originally appeared in the March 2016 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content. In a democratic capitalist society, environmental laws are most likely to be enforced where the real estate is the most valuable. A clean acre in the city is worth more than an acre far away from people, and it makes sense...