Dive Brief:
- Vermont e-scrap regulators announced changes to the state collection and recycling agreement and awarded the revised contract to a different company than originally planned.
- The Vermont Standard Plans for electronics recycling management was awarded to the National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER) and the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) beginning on October 1.
- Critics alleged that officials from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) practiced inconsistent standards in selecting the winning bid for the state.
Dive Insight:
The previous electronics scrap provider was Casella Waste Systems, who was under contract with the state from October 1, 2013 until September 30 of this year.
NCER and NERC, who bid on the project together, will subcontract recycling services from Good Point Recycling and Electronic Recyclers International.