ECS Refining delivers the latest news in the electronics recycling and IT asset management industries. At ECS Refining, we believe that accurate, up-to-date information is critical in understanding the complex problems posed by the nation's fastest growing waste stream, as well as the solutions available.

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• It's Complicated May 13, 2014 by E-Scrap News Between 2013 and 2022 an estimated 6.2 million tons of devices containing cathode ray tube (CRT) displays will find their way from our basements, closets and guest bedrooms into the U.S. e-scrap stream. An additional 330,000 tons of CRT glass are already out there, much of it stockpiled in warehouses across the country by CRT tube processors and intermediaries who’ve either abandoned ship or found there simply isn’t a market for the items. And that’s only a conservative estimate. more »

• States Address CRT-to-ADC Option May 06, 2014 by E-Scrap News As firms continue to search high and low for affordable and legitimate options for final disposition of CRT glass, several states with e-scrap programs are taking a stance on using the material as alternative daily cover (ADC). more »

• Finding Rewards, Financial and Spiritual, in E-Waste Jan 16, 2014 by The New York Times Traci Phillips, 42, started a recycling company, Natural Evolution, more than a decade ago, after realizing the hazards associated with electronic waste. more »

• BAN Highlights Problems with CRT Glass Sep 18, 2013 by Recycling Today Organization points to Arizona warehouse with 9 million pounds of cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor glass. more »

• E-Scrap Conference Ends with Clash on Federal Legislation Sep 12, 2013 by Resource Recycling The 11th annual E-Scrap Conference — held this week in Orlando, Florida — concluded with a debate on the pros and cons of potential national legislation on electronics recycling. more »

• 2013 CRT Challenge Winners Propose Nuclear Options Sep 12, 2013 by Resource Recycling The Consumer Electronics Association announced the winners of the second CRT Challenge, both of which propose processing CRT glass into products to manage nuclear waste. more »

• Consumers Unsure about Cell Phone Recycling Sep 11, 2013 by Recycling Today According to a new online poll conducted by Earth911 for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, D.C., nearly 60 percent of people who do not recycle old cell phones fail to do so because they do not know where to recycle these devices or don’t trust that personal data will be destroyed. more »

• E-Scrap Conference 2013! Sep 05, 2013 by Resource Recycling In less than one week, 82 sponsoring companies, 132 exhibitors, more than 500 companies and organizations, and approximately 1,500 e-scrap professionals will meet in Orlando, Florida for the largest conference and trade show in electronics recycling. more »

• Colorado Electronic Recycling Company Closes Down and Abandons Tons of Hazardous CRT Glass Aug 29, 2013 by 7 News DENVER - A company paid to recycle hazardous electronics waste abandoned 750 tons of the stuff, leaving someone else to clean up the mess. more »

• Abandoned Baltimore Warehouse is Full of CRTs Aug 27, 2013 by Resource Recycling Last week E-Scrap News reported on several warehouses in Arizona and Colorado where large amounts of CRTs were left behind when the plants closed. Two firms — Dow Management and Luminous Recycling — shut their doors, leaving as much as 10,000 tons of CRTs and CRT glass. more »

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