89% of e-waste is neglected due to mobile phone recycling popularity

by ClickGreen staff. Published Wed 26 Feb 2014 Despite the popularity of the mobile phone recycling industry, handsets only contribute towards a small percentage of the overall E-Waste accumulation. According to a study by the US US environmental Protection Agency only 11% of electronic waste is made up of mobile devices, the remaining 89% is computers, accessories, televisions […]

Welcome to Hell: Photographer documents Africa’s e-waste nightmare

By Jeremy Kaplan Published March 06, 2014 FoxNews.com It used to be wetlands, a recreation zone. Today the locals call it Sodom and Gomorrah. Slag heaps of rusting electronics, old refrigerators and monitors are scattered everywhere in Agbogbloshie, a dumping ground in Ghana for electronic waste from the rest of the world. On the banks […]

Closed Cincinnati firm leaves behind major CRT stockpile

Closed Cincinnati firm leaves behind major CRT stockpile By Bobby Elliott and Dan Leif, E-Scrap News March 7, 2014 E-scrap processor 2TRG has left behind significant tonnages of CRT glass as its former Cincinnati facility, several sources, including the Ohio EPA, have informed E-Scrap News. After closing the doors to its 11093 Kenwood Road facility in Cincinnati […]

Global e-scrap market to quadruple in coming years

Global e-scrap market to quadruple in coming years By Editorial Staff, E-Scrap News Feb. 28, 2014 The annual e-scrap market is expected to reach nearly $41.4 billion by 2019, more than four times its 2012 value of $9.8 billion. According to a market report by Transparency Market Research, regulatory improvements, sustainability programs from major manufacturers and “rapid industrialization” […]

R2 certification hits milestone

R2 certification hits milestone By Editorial Staff, E-Scrap News Feb. 14, 2014 More than 500 e-scrap recycling facilities around the world are now certified to the R2 standard. R2 Solutions, the nonprofit organization responsible for developing and administering the standard, announced the news Feb. 7 in a press release. A total of 508 facilities across 14 […]

MIT/NCER release study on electronics recycling

MIT/NCER release study on electronics recycling Trade groups respond to the study, which says 90 percent of electronics collected in the U.S. are recycled domestically. Recycling Today Staff DECEMBER 20, 2013 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Materials Systems Laboratory and the U.S. National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER) have released Quantitative Characterization of Domestic and Transboundary […]

Contest winners propose nuclear applications for old CRTs

By. Dr. Thomas Engelhardt Last month CEA and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) ® announced the winner of the “CRT Challenge.” The goal was to identify financially viable, environmentally conscious proposals for using recycled CRT glass. This CRT challenge was a crowd-sourced technical competition to find new uses for old CRT glass, a powerful way […]

New Jersey presses residents to recycle e-scrap

By Bobby Elliott, E-Scrap News Jan. 3, 2013 The administration of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is leading a charge to encourage residents to follow the state’s e-scrap law and recycle used electronics. Anticipating a surge of electronics replaced by newer devices this holiday season, the Christie administration is attempting to help spread the word […]

Where Old IPhones Go to Die

This holiday season, as you upgrade that old smartphone, pause a moment to reflect on an unexpected fact: In 2012, developing nations — including China, India, Brazil, and Russia — tossed out more e-waste (25.4 million tons) than the world’s developed nations, including the U.S., Japan, and the European Union (23.5 million tons).

Electronics Recycling Asia: Playing Catch-up

As the e-scrap stream has grown and changed, both laws and certification systems are attempting to keep up. Jean Cox-Kearns “We’d like to achieve a closed loop—it’s our aspirational goal,” said Jean Cox-Kearns, the Ireland-based Director of Compliance for Dell Global Takeback, part of computer maker Dell Inc., Round Rock, Texas.

R2 Solutions releases guidance document

R2 Solutions and Greeneye Partners have released a new guidance document intended to help companies conform to the new R2:2013 standard. The 58-page guidance document provides best practices on how facilities can implement the principles described in the R2:2013 certification, as well as clarifications and standard interpretations of the language in the certification. For example, […]

Scrap circuit board metal price sinks in October

The average value of metals commonly found in scrap circuit boards was down by a dime in October, continuing a slide from the previous month. The scrap circuit board index, which measures the value of commodity metals proportionally weighted to their share in a pound of scrap circuit boards, declined to $6.52 per pound in […]

Accurate IT Services is Moving!

Beginning next week, Accurate IT Services will be located at 3854 Fisher Rd. Columbus, OH 43228. We will be moving into a larger facility that will better suit our operation as an electronics recycling and refurbishment company. The new location’s hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. We will be […]

Report Analyzes Economic Impact of E-Scrap Export Ban

Recycling Today Staff JUNE 4, 2013 A report conducted by John Dunham and Associates, Brooklyn, N.Y., and released by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, D.C., highlights the relationship between economic growth and electronic scrap export activity. According to the report, a ban on the export of electronic scrap would result in less […]

U.S. Isn’t Flooding the Third World With E-Waste

“By Adam Minter – May 26, 2013 Every year, Americans toss out as much as 4.5 million tons of old mobile phones, laptops, televisions, Xboxes and other electronic gadgets Some is recycled; some is repaired and refurbished for reuse; and some is thrown into landfills or incinerators. Almost none of it, however, is “dumped” overseas. […]

The Hidden Environmental Risk of IT Asset Remarketing

“By Cindy Miller, Published May 26, 2013 – IT Asset Disposition Blog When your company turns its retired IT equipment over to a vendor for asset remarketing, what happens to the equipment that vendor can’t sell as a working asset? It’s a more important question than you might think. As you know, the market for […]

Trash or Treasure?

As Rep. Gene Green prepares to reintroduce the Responsible Electronics Recycling Act, a recent study says such legislation would generate numerous jobs in the U.S. However, the proposed legislation still has detractors. Curt Harler – Recycling Today APRIL 1, 2013 Electronics are part of our everyday waste stream. Many government officials say they feel the […]

E-Waste Event Season is Approaching

April is just around the corner and with it comes the beginning of Accurate IT Services’ Community Recycling Events. With over a dozen e-waste events scheduled for 2013 already, Accurate IT will surely be in your area to responsibly recycle your old electronics. For all of our community e-waste recycling events, we accept all electronics, […]

Why You Should Care Whether Your E-Cycler is Certified

For some products, recycling is more involved than finding your closest blue bin. This is especially true with electronics recycling, where a little research is required to make sure that you are recycling products responsibly. Increased government regulation and official certification of recyclers both help make this possible. Of all the products brought to market […]

Study Finds Limiting E-Waste Exports Could Create U.S. Jobs

Recycling Today Staff FEBRUARY 13, 2013 “Restrictions on electronic scrap exports could create up to 42,000 direct and indirect new jobs with a total payroll of more than $1 billion, according to a study commissioned by the Coalition For American Electronics Recycling (CAER). “The study further documents how growing an industry with the capacity to […]

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