Tags: e-waste

News | November 17, 2010

South Korea’s LS-Nikko Copper Again Invests Millions in ERI as Urban Mining Trend Grows

Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, announced today that it has reached an…

News | November 15, 2010

European Union Reaffirms Need for Secure Rare Earth Element Supply

Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman") TSXV - TSM; Frankfurt - T61; Pink Sheets - TASXF). Mr Mark Saxon, President…

News | November 2, 2010

Toyota Announces Recycling Facilities For Hybrid NiMH Batteries

Toyota is one of the world’s leading ‘green’ car brands, and now they are doing everything they can…

General | November 1, 2010

Why Recycling Used Electronics Could Help Build Electric Cars

Recycling old electronics isn’t necessarily something most Americans do. Many of us, it turns out, just stash our…

News | October 29, 2010

Toyota to Recycle Used Nickel For New Batteries

Toyota Motor Corporation, along with Toyota Chemical Engineering, Sumitomo Metal Mining, and Primearth EV Energy, is working to…

General | October 22, 2010

‘Urban Mining’: Japan Focuses On Recycling Rare Earth Metals From Discarded Electronic Products

Recent diplomatic conflicts resulted in China temporarily banning rare earth metal exports to Japan, a vital resource to…

News | October 11, 2010

Mitsubishi Materials eying rare earth recycling

Nikkei reported that Mitsubishi Materials Corporation has embarked on full scale efforts to develop technology that can recover…

News | October 6, 2010

Schott’s Vocab: Urban Mining

Commenting on a recent Japanese drive to encourage the recycling of old cellphones, Tim Hornyak highlighted the term…