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What if…Managing WEEE within borders was more than just an ideology… Covid-19 has changed the world. Borders and its citizens are in lockdown and even while an easing of restrictions begins, there is no timeline for a return to the free international travelling to which we are all accustomed. The shift from sending problem-materials and difficult …

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As with all businesses e-scrap recyclers have been severely affected with the pandemic of COVID-19 with some markets stating up to an 80% drop on in bound volumes of material for processing, others have closed entirely for an unknown period.With the financial crisis of 2008 the recycling market proved to be resilient despite raw material …

Will You be Ready for the Likely Surge in E-Scrap Including Flat Panel Displays? Read More »

After 17 years in WEEE Recycling I have seen a lot of change in the way electrical and electronic waste is managed. Do you remember when the skip trucks proudly proclaimed, ‘Waste Removal’ and Waste Disposal’? That was re-marketed into the catch-all ‘Waste Recycling’ and now we have dropped the word ‘waste’ and are in …

To Shred or Not to Shred…. That is the Question Read More »

Black Friday 2019 was the heat of tech sales. Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA) Pre-Black Friday Week Survey was carried out in the US where incredible percentages of the US population planning on buying technology during the sales. Out of 49% of the US population that planned on shopping during Black Friday, 82% of them planned …

E-Waste At Christmas & The Steps We Can Take to Reduce Waste Read More »

A flat panel display is a television, monitor or other display appliance that uses a thin panel design instead of a traditional cathode ray tube (CRT) design [1]. There are many different types of flat panel displays. Common flat panel displays include: Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) are an important piece of flat panel technology as …

Flat Panel Displays Read More »