North American E-Scrap Firms Witnessed 80% Dip in Collections

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The e-scrap collections have reported drastic decline across North American businesses, mainly due to closure of businesses and public drop-off sites on account of spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

For instance, Good Point Recycling, having processing facilities in Middlebury, Vt. and Brockton, Mass., has announced lay off of six part-time employees and overtime facility for other staff. The halt in collections by the Chittenden County and Brookline City have impacted the business operations of the company. The total processing weight has dropped to almost one-third after the coronavirus crisis. The total weight processed by the company in March this year is only around half of what it did in March last year, noted Robin Ingenthron, founder and CEO of Good Point Recycling.

The National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER) observed that e-scrap collection numbers have witnessed tremendous decline in Oregon and Vermont. The crisis is feared to affect full-year collections, it said.

Meantime, processors are optimistic that collections may pick up later in the year. However, electronics manufacturers highlighted that there are chances that they may fall short of their recycling obligations under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs.

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