10.9 percent of for-profit e-scrap processing facilities in the U.S. and Canada closed in the past two years. In nearly every case, the plant that closed was fairly small and typically located in a non-urban area. Many were computer reseller facilities. And many were small California facilities designed to operate under that state’s one-of-a-kind advanced-recycling-fee law. And none were certified under the e-Stewards or R2 platforms.

More than 1,000 entrepreneurs in the past two years have decided it was not profitable enough to maintain operations, and they shut their plant’s doors. That said, more than 1,400 electronics recycling facilities still operate today in the U.S. and Canada.

For more information about small e-scrap recyclers shutting their doors, visit Resource Recycling.