E-waste Recycling
Latin America records 10% share with adoption in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. Metals and IT equipment dominate.
The event was designed to help residents safely discard electronics that had been replaced during Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping.
The announcement comes amid a probe into corruption linked to e-waste management.
The Office of Sustainability got to view the entire recycling process at Tech Recyclers over the summer.
Batam Customs spokeswoman Evi Oktavia said further returns were being processed but that compiling a complete tally would take time.
Authorities believe the companies involved are foreign-owned recyclers importing electronic waste, plastic, and paper under the guise of recycling.
Modern e-waste recycling extends beyond disposal, focusing on material recovery and value extraction.
CompuCycle processes all electronics in-house at its 130,000-square-foot dual-certified facility, ensuring complete oversight from collection through final materials processing.
The EPA fact sheet lists the cleanup timeline as December 2025 through March 2026.
The PCD said it hopes the new law will provide a stronger legal tool to expand e-waste recycling.
The mechanism eliminates the need for corrosive reagents or external catalysts.
Both companies are also progressing a separate binding offtake agreement for the recycled metals consistent with the framework outlined in an October 2025 MoU.
To resolve the existing issues in the E-waste management sector, TIB has proposed a 12-point recommendation in its research report.
The company recently received the National Science Foundation’s Phase 1 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award, funding continued research and commercialization efforts.
Additionally, many Republic Services facilities hold e-waste collection events.
Overall, the initiative reflects UTM’s broader institutional strategy of positioning the University as a system leader within the GUCI ecosystem.
Appliances are transported to Enva’s refurbishment and recycling facilities.
The achievement adds to CompuCycle’s already extensive compliance portfolio, which includes R2v3, e-Stewards, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.
FedEx Supply Chain’s wider operations, which process more than 475 million returns annually across various sectors, provide a strong basis for these sustainability initiatives.
Beyond environmental harm, poor recycling practices lead to significant resource losses.
Crihfield pointed to a market shift toward refurbished hardware driven by production necessity.
Finn also suggests having a central processing unit where people can recycle e-waste with some level of control.
The UN’s latest Global E-Waste Monitor warns that discarded electronics are piling up far faster than they are being responsibly recycled—highlighting a widening sustainability gap.
If we recognise the problem, talk about it openly, and support safe systems for disposal and recycling, we can prevent the mountain from growing taller.
With over 400 collection points, ERA is working toward establishing thousands more bins to make responsible e-waste disposal more accessible nationwide.