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 BlueOak Resources Raises $35 Million in project financing to refine e-scrap in Arkansas. It will refine 15 million pounds its first year. Backed by some of the biggest names in U.S. venture capital, former VP Al Gore spoke at the groundbreaking... More (PR Newswire)

SERI Announces R2 Leaders group to promote worldwide e-cycling standards.  Founding members include Microsoft, KAB, Sony, Xerox and Goodwill...More (SERI) 

Retail Returns of Electronics. 95% can be refurbished and resold. ...More (Business To Community) 

Data Erasure from Solid State Drives (SSDs) presents different challenges from hard disk drive erasure. This will become more important as SSD popularity grows...More (Blancco white paper)

Brazil World Cup Means Recycled TVs. Brazilians want to watch in high-definition, so as new sets come into homes, old ones go out...More (Quartz)

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Review of Recycling Alternatives for plastics, glass and non-metallic fractions to recover metals and handle brominated flame retardants... More (Wang & Xu) 

Impact of Volume on E-Scrap P&L. A minimum is required by smelters but flows reach diminishing returns. Lower grades decrease profits and divert flow from recycling systems...More (Wakolbinger, Toyosaki, Nowak & Nagurney)

Rare Earth Supply Outside China. Economic opportunities and environmental constraints of primary production and recycling projects worldwide...More (Golev, Scott,Erskine,Ali & Ballantyne) 

Treating TV Boards with Nitric Acid releases metal for recovery and permits landfilling the pulp. Recovery levels can be adjusted by altering nitric acid concentration...More (Bas, Deveci & Yazici))

Bio-Removal of Heavy Metals from E-Waste recovers metals and reduces leaching/toxicity within regulatory limits for combustion or landfilling...More (Ilyas, Lee & Kim)