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Rehabilitating UNICOR
Published: 01/10/2011 by Henry Leineweber in General Articles
With the recent release of a Department of Justice report on its inner workings, UNICOR is once again in the spotlight.
Asking the Tough Questions on Certification
Published: 09/13/2010 by Randy Michael Mott in General Articles
In the drive to bring order to an emerging, evolving, but still largely unregulated, business sector, manufacturers with take-back systems are turning to private certification and audit programs. What questions should processors be asking?
CEA reports on Recycling progress
Published: 04/01/2013 by Consumer Electronics Administration in Current Research
Consumer electronics manufacturers andretailers recycled 460 million pounds, a 53% increase over 2010.
Controlling dust explosions at waste & recycling plants
Published: 04/16/2013 by Waste Management World in Current Research
Any industry which handles fione organic dusts is at risk of materials burning and exploding. Every year, precises are severely damaged or destroyed by dust fires that usually start in dust extraction and waste conveyiong equipment.
EcoATM Raises $14.4M for Mass Production of Electroics Recycling Kiosks
Published: 02/18/2011 by Xconomy San Diego in General Articles
EcoATM, sthe San Diego startup developing automated kiosks for recyclikng cell phones, says it has raised $14.4 million to use to fund commercial manufacturing of its final kiosk design.
Ghana is Australia's Electronics Waste "Recycling" Dumping Ground
Published: 10/01/2011 by Electronics News in General Articles
Austrlia's electronics waste is being illegally duped in Ghana instead of being recycled.
Tax Break Could Bring Electronics Recycling Headquarters to Plainfield
Published: 01/07/2013 by PlainfieldPatch in General Articles
Plainfield, IL, is hoping to induce Viontage Tech Recyclers and partner Kuusakoski to establish a $5.7 million headquarters in the town with a $452,612 tax abatement.
Sloppy Recycling Seen Posing Threat to Green Tech
Published: 05/27/2011 by Reuters in General Articles
A UN-backed report warned that less than 1/3 of metals globally have a recycling rate of more than 50%
Electronics Recycling Asia: Encourage, then Enforce
Published: 11/27/2012 by Recycling Today in General Articles
At the Electronics Recycling Asia conference, Dell highlighted enforcement as the key to preventing poor handling and to m onitoring trans border traffic.
Recycling Heat from Electronics
Published: 03/04/2013 by Energy Harvesting Journal in Current Research
A team has started development on a device that recycles the heat producedby electronics, whch can then be used to power that same device.
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