So this is the actual temporary final rule that the Commerce Department as a result of Trump's EO:
https://assets.informz.net/rema/data/images/Member%20Alerts/2026-16078.pdf
More readable explainer:
https://resource-recycling.com/policy-now/2026/08/05/new-federal-rule-restricts-black-mass-tungsten-scrap-exports/
The Kotaku article is about an event that occurred on Auguest 6th before the rule even came into effect on August 27th, and it's extremely unlikely that a private export of a CRT had one of the schedule B codes impacted. (Tungsten waste or black mass, where "For purposes of this Directive Allocation Order, “black mass” means
any shredded lithium-ion battery scrap that contains cathode material (which may include
lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese), anode material (graphite, silicon) or other residual
battery cell materials.")
CRTs are controlled e-waste under the new Basel rules.
Maya
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