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Nokia extends mobile phone recycling scheme to the UAE |
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May 25, 2009.
Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has extended its recycling scheme to the UAE to give old phones a purpose. Recycling boxes will be available across the UAE for people to drop their old and unwanted phones into and collect a voucher to download music from Nokia in return. ... more
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Creative Recycling inks deal with MRM Recycling |
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May 19, 2009.
United States | US e-waste recycling company Creative Recycling Systems (CRS), an industry leader in the processing of end-of-life electronics has been selected as a recycler for Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company (MRM). A joint venture between Panasonic, Toshiba and Sharp, MRM is working to bring manufacturers and recyclers together. The new partnership ensures that electronic products from various manufacturers and consumers are diverted from the waste stream and recycled in an environmentally responsible manner at CRS processing facilities in Morrisville, North Carolina and Tampa, Florida. ... more
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US electronics recycling climbs 7% |
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May 18, 2009.
United States | The recycling of electronics is growing at a healthy rate in the USA, according to latest information from the National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER).
The organisation publishes a per capita collection index (PCCI) measuring the volumes of used electronic equipment collected in six programmes across the country. And the data now available for last year show a PCCI value 7% higher than that of the previous year. ... more
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Samsung added to GEEP client list |
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May 14, 2009.
Canada | Leading North American e-waste processor Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. (GEEP) has been selected by Samsung Electronics Canada as a partner to provide recycling and collection services for the Samsung Recycling Direct programme. The Japanese brand has taken a leading role in providing free recycling services for all Samsung products in Canada. Through its branded e-collex sites, GEEP will provide collection services across Canada and end-of-life recycling through one of its two Canadian processing facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, and Barrie, Ontario. ... more
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Europe’s first major solar panel recycling project takes off |
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May 15, 2009.
Association of solar panel recyclers PV CYCLE is partnering with the Provincial Domain of Chevetogne in France, and electricity installator Nizet to showcase the first major dismantling of end-of-life solar panels in Europe. Chevetogne is one of the first 16 photovoltaic (PV) pilot plants initiated and supported by the European Commission in 1983. It has now been the first major site to be dismantled and will hence serve as a learning experience on the way towards having the PV CYCLE recycling scheme in place across Europe by 2015.
‘The solar modules installed here have supplied clean, renewable energy for the past 26 years. ... more
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MRM expands recycling presence in US |
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April 15, 2009.
More than 30 drop-off centres in the South East of the United States have been added to the MRM Nationwide Recycling Program operated jointly by Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba, bringing the total number of e-wasted collection centres to 310 across all 50 states, electronics brand Panasonic says. ... more
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Africa research project HP to tackle e-waste problems |
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March 26, 2009.
Electronics brand HP, together with the Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) and Swiss research institute Empa have unveiled the first results of a pilot project to tackle the problem of e-waste in Africa.
This initiative was carried out in South Africa, Morocco and Kenya and has allowed HP to gather vital information on how African governments, organizations and society are dealing with the rising problem of e-waste management, as well as test solutions on the way forward. ... more
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New study identifies India's e-waste potential |
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March 16, 2009.
The Electronics Industry Association of India ELCINA announced the findings of their study on status and potential of e-waste management in India, conducted with support from DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research), Ministry of Science and Technology under their Technology Management Programme. The Study was released at a National Conference on E-Waste organised at Pragati Maidan, co-located with Componex Nepcon 2009, one of the largest and oldest shows for the Electronics Industry. ... more
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Mexican TV ‘take back’ program |
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March 04, 2009.
Recently a new ‘Mexican take back’ program has been introduced by Retroworks de Mexico, an electronics scrap recycling company which is a ‘maquila’ of American Retroworks Inc. in Vermont, USA. The organisation, run by a women’s corporation in Mexico, is offering a kind of ‘needle exchange’ program for used CRTs. Working TVs from the USA are being sold to make TV recycling less expensive, and junk ones are accepted from Mexico - not just for free, but with a coupon for US$ 10 off of a ‘new’ TV. ... more
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India’s e-waste growing at 10% per annum |
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February 26, 2009.
India | New research has revealed that India is emerging as one of the world’s major electronic waste generators. It was found that e-waste is growing at a rate of 10% per annum in India and that the total is likely to reach 434 000 tonnes this year. ... more
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Greenpeace pleased by Philips move |
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February 25, 2009.
Netherlands | Electronics producer Philips has confirmed its intention to include the cost of recycling its products in its retail prices in three countries that do not yet mandate recycling of waste electronic equipment. The move has been welcomed by environmental campaign group Greenpeace International which had criticised Philips’ past opposition to legislation obliging manufacturers to bear the costs of recycling their products. ... more
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US electronics recycler files for Chapter 11 |
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February 18, 2009.
United States | The next victim of the downturn in the recycling market is US specialist in e-scrap recycling and asset recovery WeRecycle! Inc. The company based in Meriden, Connecticut has filed a petition to restructure under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. ... more
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Fuji Ecocycle to build major recycling plant in Japan |
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February 12, 2009.
Japan | In order to boost its capacity for recycling household appliances, Japanese electronics manufacturer Fujitsu General is to open a new facility in the city of Hamamatsu in April next year. ... more
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E-scrap processing plant for Romania |
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February 11, 2009.
Romania | A new e-scrap recycling venture named GreenWEEE has opened its doors in Bazau, Romania. Described as the first WEEE recycling facility of its kind in south-eastern Europe, the plant has the capacity to process 50 000 tonnes of e-scrap each year covering ten types of electrical and electronic equipment. ... more
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Dell expands US electronics collection scheme |
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February 11, 2009.
United States | Dell, the leading personal computer seller in the USA, is expanding a free computer recycling programme to six more US states. With the addition of Arkansas, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Vermont, the Reconnect scheme is now available in 18 US states with more than 1100 staffed collection points, according to Mike Watson, Senior Manager of Dell Global Recycling Services.
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UFH RE-cycling opens new fridge plant |
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February 11, 2009.
Austria / Germany | A recently-founded joint venture involving Austria’s UFH Holding and Germany’s Remondis Electrorecycling GmbH has unveiled a brand new refrigerator recycling facility. Known as UFH RE-cycling GmbH, the operation based in Kematen, Austria, covers an area of 15 000 m2 and can process approximately 300 000 units a year. ... more
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Brand-new Sims UK e-scrap facility in operation |
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February 10, 2009.
United Kingdom | A £12 million Sims Recycling Solutions e-scrap recycling plant has been officially opened in Newport by Wales’ First Minister Rhodri Morgan. ... more
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99% of scrap mobiles contain personal data |
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February 08, 2009.
United Kingdom | Regenersis, one of Europe’s largest mobile phone recycling and reuse companies, believes the vast majority of discarded mobile phones contain sensitive data.
The UK firm studied a random sample of 2000 handsets processed during the first week in December last year and discovered that 99% contained some form of personal data including: contact details; SMS messages; pictures; music; videos; calendar entries; e-mails; notes; mailing lists; and to-do lists. ... more
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E-scrap recycler ROUND2 continues takeover blitz |
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February 06, 2009.
United States | Electronic scrap recycler Round2 has acquired PolymerCycle LLC, a fellow US processor and reseller of plastics including ABS, PC/ABS, HIPS and PC.
The acquisition complements ROUND2’s strategy of delivering a closed-loop recycling solution for processing electronic waste. ... more
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Used cell phone collection may be required in Japan |
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February 03, 2009.
Japan | The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Japan wants to require companies to collect used mobile phones to help national efforts to secure precious metals.
METI is aiming to boost the recovery of resources from used handsets given that there are more than 100 million cell phone subscribers in Japan and that current recycling law requires manufacturers and retailers to collect only large discarded appliances. The ministry plans to expand the scope of the law to include mobile phones and other small high-tech devices, according to officials. ... more
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Redeem makes Hong Kong connection |
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January 19, 2009.
Redeem, the Scotland-based mobile phone recycler, has announced plans to expand its operations into Hong Kong, adding that it expects the company almost to double its turnover this year.
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CRT recycling plant opens in Australia |
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January 19, 2009.
Said to be the first of its kind in Australia, a specialised cathode ray tube (CRT) recycling facility is scheduled to open in March at Gepps Cross in South Australia. According to operator CRT Recycling Australia, the A$ 700 000 venture will boast a capacity of 30 000 tonnes per annum and is expected to process 500 000 CRT screens this year. ... more
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ROUND2 takes over CRT recycler |
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January 14, 2009.
United States | America’s sixth-largest electronics recycler ROUND2 Inc. has acquired Monitex, which specialises in the recycling and reuse of computer monitors, televisions and cathode ray tubes (CRT). Trading as Round2 Monitex, the combined company is headquartered at a 183 000-square-foot facility in Dallas/Fort Worth - said to be the largest electronics recycling operation in the US state of Texas. ... more
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US electronics recycling raises 30% |
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January 09, 2009.
'We sure do throw out a lot of electronic junk.’ The US Environmental Protection Agency says its recycling program, eCycling, collected and recycled close to 67 million pounds of used electronics in 2008, nearly a 30% increase over 2007. ... more
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Wide scale US e-recycling programme takes off |
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January 08, 2009.
Consumer electronics titans Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba on Wednesday announced a program to recycle the televisions and other gadgets they sell in the United States. The global firms will begin using on 15 January an Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management (MRM) network of 280 locations as collection centers for their products. ... more
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