Merger Mania Outerwall Acquires ecoATM: Formerly Coinstar, Outerwall, Inc. paid $350 million for the balance 78% of shares it does not already own. Outerwall ioperates various automated retail businesses, including Colinstar coin-counting machines and Redbox DVD rental machines....more (Seattle Times)
E-Waste Systems Acquires Surf Investments: E-Waste Systems, Inc. (EWSI), a UK electronic waste management services, technology and reverse logistics company announcedthe acquisition of Surf Investments Ltd. ('Surf') in Irvine, CA which will operate as E-Waste Systems (CA)...more (Wall Street Journal)
Green Technology Solutions and Chilerecicla partner to expand into the South American market. Spreading the company's recycling business model to Chile's neighbors, including Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica and others, will be the joint venture's top priority...more (Fort Mill Times) Vintage Tech partners with Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia. Vintage tech took over a goodwill facility to refurbish and recycle used electronics. 10 million lbs of electronics are expected to come from regional Goodwill stores...more (Waste & Recycling News) Certification Gone Global R2:2013 offers companies and governments updated and enhanced requirements for environmental, health and safety management systems, harmonized export requirements worldwide, comprehensive data security and destruction standards and downstream tracking requirements...more (R2 Solutions) Arrow the First Global e-Stewards Recycler: Arrow Electronics Inc. (ARW) and the Basel Action Network(BAN) announced a three-year agreement to certify all of Arrow's electronics recycling and IT asset recovery operations worldwide to the e-Stewards® standard...more (Yahoo Finance) EPA Ill-Equipped to Protect Health: EPA does not have the information to ensure effective e-waste management to protect health and conserve valuable resources. Inspector General report says budget cuts have created a data gap, so EPA cannot define what is dangerous e-waste or how and where e-scrap is accumulating...more (US EPA) New Shredder Unveiled: AUT Anlagen und Umwelttechnologie has installed a shredder using only 12 sq. m. of floor space for the entire treatment process. It treats 6 mt to 8 mt of waste every hour...more (Waste Management World) E-Waste in Nigeria preoccupied the UN Industrial Development Organization meeting in Cape Town. Nigeria's large population, poorly managed borders and burgeoning challenges emblematic of e-waste, and the emerging electronics and refurbishment industry throughout Africa...more (This Day Live) | 
