American Sustainable Business Council Endorses CAER

The Coalition for American Electronics Recycling (CAER), based in Washington, D.C., has received the endorsement of the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) for its support of federal legislation to restrict the export of electronic scrap from the United States. The groups says such action

Sims Recycling Solutions Joins CAER

The Coalition for American Electronics Recycling (CAER) has announced that Sims Recycling Solutions, (SRS) with North American headquarters in Chicago, has joined the industry effort to support federal legislation designed to restrict export of toxic electronic scrap from the United States and to create jobs through the expansion of the domestic recycling industry. In the House of Representatives, 13 co-sponsors have announced support for the bill. With the addition of SRS, CAER’s membership includes 34 U.S.

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World Recycling Forum: Sustainable Thinking

Xstrata Copper bills its Horne Smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada, as “the world’s largest processor of electronic scrap containing copper and precious metals.” Speaking during a session of the World Recycling Forum, held in Hong Kong in mid-November, Paul Healey of Xstrata outlined how the company has put a sustainability plan in place that ideally ensures that the surrounding community understands the smelter’s role in the recycling loop. Healey said its Horne Smelter takes “relatively low-grade materials,” containing perhaps 20 percent copper, “and upgrades the material to 99 percent pure copper, which then goes to Xstrata’s Montreal refinery to become finished product.” About 85 percent of the feedstock for the Horne Smelter consists of copper concentrate that averages about 24 percent copper content, Healey added, with the remaining 15 percent of feedstock being electronic scrap and circuit boards, including material from Xstrata Recycling’s facilities in California and Rhode Island. In Rouyn-Noranda and surrounding communities, Healey said Xstrata has implemented a sustainability policy that “extends to asset management, product stewardship, contractor management, procurement” and strengthening ties with the community and government agencies

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iScrap App Online and Mobile Version Becomes Available

Rockaway, N.J.-based iScrap App Inc. has announced its online and mobile version of the iScrap App is ready for use. Users can now access iScrap App’s scrap yard network on www.iScrapApp.com from any Internet-connected device including computers, iPads and mobile tablets, and all smartphones, including the BlackBerry.

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Private Equity Firm Acquires Apple Valley Waste

Summer Street Capital Partners LLC, a private equity firm based in Buffalo, N.Y., has acquired Apple Valley Waste (AVW), a recycling and solid waste management firm that serves two parts of West Virginia and Maryland. Following the acquisition, Apple Valley has added John Decker, formerly the vice president of operations for Casella Waste Systems, as its managing partner. “Apple Valley is a premier environmental services company, focused on providing the highest quality services in the communities that it serves,” says Michael Petri, Summer Street’s principal

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Ring busted for buying Apple goods with fake cards

Twenty-seven people have been indicted for their role in a far-reaching an identity theft ring that used stolen credit cards to purchase products from Apple stores around the country.

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iPhone vulnerable to hacker attacks

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Security experts have uncovered flaws in Apple Inc’s iPhone that they said hackers can exploit to take control of the popular device, using the tactic for identity theft and other…

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