Dive Brief:

• According to Recycling Today, TechWaste Recycling opened a 10,000-square-foot e-waste recycling plant in Brooklyn, New York.
• The company is an electronics recycler and refurbisher based in Santa Ana and Costa Mesa, CA.
• As reported by Recycling Today, the company expects the new facility to help increase its ability to process growing amounts of obsolete electronics.

Dive Insight:

TechWaste is part of the growing trend to recycle electronics — the e-waste industry expects to hit $41.36B in 2019.

One of the services TechWaste offers is convenient "Recycle Boxes." The company mails businesses boxes to put used electronics in, and the parcels are then sent back to TechWaste using prepaid postage. The service is free of charge and according to the company, has a zero-landfill policy.