News from Vodafone, World Computer Exchange and more – E-Scrap News
ACE Green Recycling signed a 15-year offtake agreement for Glencore to purchase up to 100% of its recycled metals from four planned lead-acid and lithium-ion battery recycling plants. Currently under construction, the plants will have a combined output of 1.6 million tons.
U.K. nonprofit recycling campaign Material Focus launched a 2.5 million pound (about $3 million) Electricals Recycling Fund to support efforts to add household electrical device collection services or to innovate new methods for recycling small household devices.
Samsung filed for the patent rights to a smartphone app called “Self Repair Assistant,” which will help users repair their own devices.
Vodafone and the World Wildlife Foundation partnered to encourage phone trade-ins in Europe and Africa. For every phone collected, Vodafone will donate 1 pound ($1.22), or the local equivalent, to WWF conservation projects.
World Computer Exchange President Timothy Anderson passed away in July. His wife, Pamela, took over the organization.
Universal Recycling Technologies has invested nearly $7 million in a processing facility that will greatly expand the company’s commodities recovery and electronics refurbishment capabilities.
Improper disposal of lithium-ion batteries led to a $25,000 fine for a California recycling company after the batteries sparked several garbage truck fires.
A company that provides used phone history reports has formally launched a robot that automatically grades a device’s cosmetic condition, performs diagnostics and erases data.
Readers in November were drawn to articles about how major OEMs approach sustainability, a CRT case settlement, an emerging blockchain-based ITAD trading tool and more.
Owners of Phoenix warehouses filed a federal lawsuit against e-scrap companies that shipped CRT materials to Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, and already two defendants have agreed to pay out roughly $1 million each.
Owners of a farm across the road from a planned e-scrap smelter in Indiana filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the project, arguing that a facility of its type isn’t allowed by the local zoning code.
Intel is trying several angles in pursuit of its goal to send zero waste to landfill, including redesign of circuit boards for easier recycling and educating consumers on how to recycle via a video game.
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