Circular Economy — January 17, 2021Companies for Zero Waste’s Supply Chain Workshop Drives Ideas Forward Through Collaboration and InnovationOn Thursday, January 14, Companies for Zero Waste (CZW) held their virtual meeting on “Supply Chain Problem Solving Workshop” where attendees were treated to a mix of both speaker and interactive, roundtable format. Kicking off the meeting, President and Founder, Scott Donachie, introduced the session and the emcee, Deborah Dull, Founder of the Supply Chain […] Circular Economy — January 17, 2021
Electronics Recycling — January 5, 2021Report: Which Americans are Best at Recycling their Tech?Year-upon-year, we see ever-increasing stockpiles of obsolete, broken, and discarded tech. As humanity continues to mass-produce technological hardware, so too do we mass-produce the associated electronic waste. Recycling electronic waste correctly is crucial. Many of the components in electronic devices contain toxic substances such as cadmium, beryllium, and lead. Some even contain arsenic. Those devices […] Electronics Recycling — January 5, 2021
Electronics Recycling — December 30, 2020Basel Amendments Create Uncertainty in Global Plastics and E-Waste MarketsThe plastics amendments decision to the Basel Convention will take effect in January 2021 (the Plastic Amendments). It seems that the Plastic Amendments provide more questions than answers in how global markets will adjust to these profound changes surrounding end-of-life plastics and products containing plastic – including electronics and other consumer goods. What do the […] Electronics Recycling — December 30, 2020
Collection/Transfer — December 18, 2020Battery Recycling Prize Announces Phase II Prize WinnersThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the seven winners of Phase II of the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize. The phased prize competition is designed to help find innovative solutions to collecting, storing, and transporting discarded lithium-ion batteries for eventual recycling. The goal is to develop and demonstrate processes that, when scaled, have the potential […] Collection/Transfer — December 18, 2020
Collection/Transfer — December 7, 20203R Recycling Drive-Through Saves More than 17,000 Pounds from LandfillSeveral hundred residents of The Woodlands participated in the 3R Drive-thru recycling event on November 14, 2020, from 9 a.m. to noon at The Woodlands High School. More than 750 vehicles drove through the event for free recycling of select items and secure document shredding. With the help of local partner organizations, more than 17,000 […] Collection/Transfer — December 7, 2020
Collection/Transfer — December 7, 2020Electronic Waste on the Decline, New Study FindsA new study, led by a researcher at the Yale School of the Environment’s Center for Industrial Ecology and published recently in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, has found that the total mass of electronic waste generated by Americans has been declining since 2015. In an age when most of us can’t imagine life without […] Collection/Transfer — December 7, 2020
Electronics Recycling — December 2, 2020Li-Cycle Announces Commercial Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Plant Now Operational in Rochester, New YorkLi-Cycle Corp. (Li-Cycle), North America’s largest capacity lithium-ion battery recycling company, announced its Spoke 2 facility at Eastman Business Park (EBP) in Rochester, New York is now fully operational. The company’s Spoke 2 will produce an intermediate mixed battery material product (known in the industry as ‘black mass’) from all types of spent lithium-ion batteries, […] Electronics Recycling — December 2, 2020
Electronics Recycling — December 1, 2020Bureau of International Recycling Appoints New Chairman of E-Scrap CommitteeBIR President Tom Bird has appointed Dr Helmut Kolba of Remondis Electrorecycling GmbH as new chairman of the organization’s E-Scrap Committee. Dr Kolba is Managing Director of Remondis Electrorecycling GmbH, which he joined in 2010. He also worked for Sony Austria as Managing Director as well as for UFH, Austria’s largest compliance scheme for WEEE. […] Electronics Recycling — December 1, 2020
Collection/Transfer — December 1, 2020Collectively, Wentzville, MO Events Divert Over 130,000 Pounds of E-Waste from the LandfillMore than 600 participants attended the City’s 2020 Electronics Recycling and Document Shredding event at Holt High School on Saturday, Oct. 31. Approximately 30,000 pounds of electronic waste (e-waste) was collected and almost 6,000 pounds of personal documents were shredded as part of this recurring community event. Documents were shredded onsite to prevent identity theft […] Collection/Transfer — December 1, 2020
Collection/Transfer — November 24, 2020Leading Players Seek Overhaul of E-Waste Policy ApproachA leading group of stakeholders in the e-waste sector is calling on the EU to fundamentally change its policy on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The WEEE Forum, a prominent representative of Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs) throughout the world, has developed a new vision which calls for an overhaul of the current system of […] Collection/Transfer — November 24, 2020
Circular Economy — November 13, 2020Companies for Zero Waste Holds Circular All-Star Team (CAST) Meeting Discussing the Systemic Shift from a Linear to a Circular Economy and Complex Supply ChainsYesterday, November 12, Scott Donachie, CEO, Companies for Zero Waste, hosted a great a great Webinar on the circular economy that included speakers from the investment side as well as those organizations that have started to put the theories into practice within their own business. After welcoming attendees, thanking the sponsors and introducing some of […] Circular Economy — November 13, 2020
Collection/Transfer — November 13, 2020127 Organizations Worldwide Raise the Profile of the Global E-Waste Issue on the Third International E-Waste DayThe third annual International E-Waste Day, held on 14th October, has been the most widely publicised yet. The event, to promote the proper management of electrical and electronic equipment, brought together e-waste stakeholders across the world to promote the correct disposal of electrical and electronic equipment to enable reuse, refurbishment and recycling. The WEEE Forum, […] Collection/Transfer — November 13, 2020
