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The governments of Switzerland and Ghana have formally proposed controls on the movement of all electronic scrap under the Basel Convention. In their statement of reasoning for proposing this change, the governments point out that “waste electrical and electronic equipment” (or WEEE) that is not treated in an environmentally sound manner harms human health and...

Circular Electronics Day, Jan. 24, was created in 2018 to inspire people to buy and manage their electronics in a sustainable way and prevent end-of-life electronics from going to waste. On its website in recognition of the day, Stockholm-based TCO Development, one of the founders of Circular Electronics Day and the creator of the TCO...

For more than a decade, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has been honoring manufacturers and product designers with its most prestigious recognition: the Design for Recycling Award. The award is based on ISRI’s Design for Recycling® principles and focused on those products designed with recycling in mind. “Effective recycling really begins at the point...

A New Year Brings Changes to Recycling News New Year’s and the recycling industry have one major thing in common: they are both focused on the future. For New Year’s its obviously all about the year ahead and setting goals for self-improvement. In the recycling business, the same applies but the future also means more....

EPR remains a topic of debate among recyclers. While some have expressed support for its application to some commodities as a measure that could boost demand for recycled content, others worry about the impact of complicated or arduous policy on the recycling market, particularly when crafted by politicians who may not understand the industry well....