R2 TAC meets face-to-face
R2 TAC meets face-to-face By Henry Leineweber, Resource Recycling Members of the R2 Technical Advisory Committee held their first in-person meeting on Sept. 20 to discuss revisions and development of the certification standard. Present for the meeting in Chicago was the 20-person TAC, which includes representatives from OEMs, generators, processors, refurbishers, government, nonprofit organizations, vendors […]
EPA, UNU team up to track e-scrap
EPA, UNU team up to track e-scrap By Jake Thomas, Resource Recycling The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has partnered with the United Nations University to track shipments of end-of-life electronics to Africa and Asia. With the goal of gaining more accurate information on the growing mounds of obsolete electronics generated in the U.S. each year, […]
Illinois landfill ban starts
Illinois landfill ban starts Jan. 1 By Jake Thomas, Resource Recycling Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, a key part of the revisions to Illinois’ e-scrap law goes into effect, expanding the landfill ban from four categories of electronics to 17. The revised law covers items ranging from televisions, computers and monitors to video game consoles, computer […]
Smartphones eclipse PCs
Smartphones eclipse PCs for first time By Henry Leineweber, Resource Recycling In another sign that personal computer no longer dominates the consumer and enterprise IT market, smart phone shipments overtook PCs for the first time in 2011. According to the latest numbers from market-research firm Canalys, OEMs and vendors shipped 487.7 million smart phones in 2011, […]