Lenovo partners with Nextworth 9/24/2013

NY Dept of Sanitation partners  with ERI 9/13/2013

Blancco adds Arrow, Cloud Blue, CSI Leasing to ITAD Partner Program   7/31/2013

Highlight Networks intends to acquire Acme Electronics Recycling 8/1/2013

Capital Scrap Metal acquires Coastal Scrap Metal  8/5/2013

Arcoa Group acquires Miller Electronics Recycling 7/17/13

Vintage Tech partners with Goodwill Industries 7/2/13

Green Technology Solutions partners with Chilerecicia 6/25/13

Outerwall acquires ecoATM  6/17/13

E-Waste Systems acquires Surf Investments 5/29/13

Sims partners with CheckMEND 5/16/13

AERC acquires 2nd Solutions 3/18/13

Falcon Investment  Advisors invests in ecoATM  2/10/2013  

EWasteSystems/Tanke
stock/royalty swap 2/7/13

Kuusakoski/SWEEP Joint venture 1/5/2013

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How China Profits from Our Junk: The evolution in China's trade-offs between economic development v. the environment; employment v. health; regulation v. growth...more (The Atlantic: Excerpt from Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter)

Taiwan to Ease Restrictions on E-Scrap Imports: Like China, Taiwan is weighing whether e-scrap is a hazardous waste or a valuable raw material.  Taiwan's EPA has proposed dropping the hazardous waste designation to encourage trade.  Environmentalists protest...more (Shanghai Metals Market)

e-Stewards Version 2.0 Launched, with new standards for data security, exports, workplace safety, landfills and use of child labor...more (e-Stewards)

Umicore to Expand Smelter by 40% at its Hoboken, Belgium, plant.  The $130 million expansion will be completed in 2015 with a projected 500,000 MT per year treatment capacity...more (Recycling Today)

Sprint recycles more phones than AT&T or Verizon.  EPA estimates only 11% of smartphones and tablets are recycled.  Sprint recycles or reuses 44% of 2012 sales compared to 11.5% for AT&T and 28% for Verizon...more (The Guardian). 

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Patents & Applications

Method to Leach Metals from Lithium Ion Batteries with low volume of liquid waste and  without having to neutralize acidic solutions...more (Patent Application)

Invention to Recycle LCDs as replacement for other raw materials after melting at 900 to 1700 degrees C...more (patent)

Method to Generate Price Quotes for demanufacturing electronics.  Equipment is grouped and P&L calculated using entered or default values.  Pricing includes contingencies...more (Patent) 

Hydrometallurgical System to Recover Metal from substrate and separate the base metals and precious metals....more (Patent)

Technical Article

Sorting Mixed Scrap with Sensors adds value to each target metal and separates pure metal fractions efficiently, precisely and at high volume.  This article compares sensors to other  separation technologies and describes how they can be combined...more (Recycling Today) 

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