Greentec receives nod for updated standard

Greentec has received R2v3 – the most recent standard set for the electronics industry by Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI)

Greentec lands iPad recycling contract

Air Canada is recycling 500 used iPads with Cambridge, Ontario-based Greentec

Staples reports on diversion efforts

Retailer diverted more than 136,000 kilograms of batteries and two million kilograms of electronics from the waste stream in 2020

Global electronic waste up 21% in five years, and recycling isn’t keeping up

In 2019 alone, the world generated 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste

Five strategies for e-waste management

With 785 of e-waste uncollected, it's time to implement strategies to handle it properly

Indonesia can earn US$14 billion from old mobile phones and other e-waste in 2040

New paper estimates Indonesia could produce about two million tonnes of e-waste in 2021, which is the most in Southeast Asia

Electronics recycler doubles facility size

Info Liquidation Recycle Inc. has moved to a space twice the size of its original location

Greentec processing phones for Glentel

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — Cambridge-based electronic recycler Greentec will collect and recycle used mobile devices from  Canadian mobile phone retailer, Glentel Inc. With more than…

We’re using microbes to clean up toxic electronic waste – here’s how

Of the 44.7 million metric tonnes of electronic waste (often shortened to “e-waste”) produced around the world in 2017, 90% was sent to landfill, incinerated, or illegally traded

Eaton launches capacitor recycling

GREENWOOD, South Carolina – Power management company Eaton has launched a new recycling program based out of its Emerald Road facility in Greenwood, South Carolina, that allows customers to responsibly…