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October 28, 2014
 



 
 

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OmniSource Acquires Ace Recycling 10/24/2014

 

Call2Recycle partners with 1800Recycling

9/25/2024

 

Dell partners with Unido 9/25/2014

 

MeTech partners with R-Logic Internat'l 9/11/2014 


 

Thetford Mines partners with NovX21 7/14/2014


 

Redeem Holdings Ltd. acquires Mobileport and Insitu Moviles 6/5/2014


 

Ingram Micro acquires Global Mobility Products 5/1/2014


 

Regenersis acquires Blancco 3/31/2014


 KDB Daewoo Securities acquires ENCO and TSM 3/15/2014


 E-Waste Systems, Shanghai, partners with Green Initiatives 3/16/2014


E-Waste Systems joint venture with NRT 2/28/2014


ProTek Recycling partners with BefMax. 1/17/2014
 

Arrow Electronics acquires US Micro 1/2/2014


Environco0m UK acquirtes Wverton Recycling. 1/22/2014


Redeem Holdings UK acquires Eazyfone. 1/30/2014


Progressive Waste acquires interest in TerraCycle Canada. 1/28/2014


Cloud Capital Group partners with e-Cycle 1/10/2014  

  

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E-Scrap Conference 2014 Highlights
The E-Scrap Conference had a record turnout, with over 1400- attendees and more than 100 exhibitors.  Highlights included: Industry executive perspectives, dealing with CRT glass, challenges of recycling mobile devices, certification status and facing supply disruptions of critical materials... (John Powers)  
New Industry Developments

OEMs Opt For Postconsumer Plastic Resins for closed-loop production to meet EPEAT standards. Secondary resin prices, particularly ABS. PC, PC/ABS and HIPS, can be higher than virgin material...(Recycling Today)  

Consumer Electronics Association Disputes Greenpeace Claims of insufficient PVC and BFR reduction in products. Both have been cut by 50% in 10 years. Weight of large units is reduced, more components and content are recyclable, energy consumption lower...(Huffington Post)

Innovations in Mobile Phone Recycling include modular phones to update and replace components, engineered bacteria to dissolve plastics, and liquids and salts to dissolve metals at ambient temperatures...(The Guardian) 

EPA Recognizes Companies for Electronics Recycling Efforts in the Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge. Best buy, Dell, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, Sprint and Staples diverted 220,000 tons of used electronics to certified recyclers...(Recycling Today) 

NIOSH Examines Worker Exposure to Hazardous E-Waste. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Healthwill analyze the effects of Cadmium, Lead and Chromium, and other hazards in CRT recycling...(Safety.BLR.Com) 

Online E-Waste Trading Platform launched by E-Stewards will permit recycling with certified companies...(Environmental Leader)  

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Recent E-Cycling Patents

Recycling Lead from Waste Glass by crushing, milling and screening to a powder. Roasting then leaching to precipitate lead...(Su et al) 

Separating and Recovering Wire and Metal from recycled materials by air separation, screening and vacuum pressure separation. Multiple locations can feed material to a central processor for upgrading...(Thomas A. Valerio)  

Recycling Plastics with a solvent, then precipitating individual polymers by adding selective precipitants...(Maeurer et al)

Recovering Rare Earth Oxides from Phosphor, such as waste phosphor powders from various consumer products using staged processes to separate La, Ce, Tb, Eu and Y...(Narayan V. Thakur) 

 


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