The Librarian of Congress has determined it is now illegal to unlock mobile phones, leaving many in the burgeoning mobile device refurbishment business scrambling to determine how the law will affect their business.
The Librarian of Congress has determined it is now illegal to unlock mobile phones, leaving many in the burgeoning mobile device refurbishment business scrambling to determine how the law will affect their business.
Worldwide shipments of new mobile phones will increase 3.1 percent in 2016, a substantial slowdown from growth in previous years, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).
Ark-La-Tex Shredding Company of Tyler, Texas; Bayaud Enterprises of Denver; Commodity Resource & Environmental Inc. of Mojave, Calif.; Green Country Shredding and Recycling, Inc. of Tulsa, Okla.; Integra Certified Document Destruction LLC of Elkhart, Ind.; Record Keepers LLC of Fargo, N.D.; Safeguard Shredding LLC of Ft. Myers, Fla. SecureShredTM of Regina, Saskatchewan; The Shredder of Des Moines, Iowa; and Valley Green Shredding LLC of Westfield, Mass. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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An e-scrap facility transforms into an art gallery for an evening, and a Chinese import expert says moving recovered electronics into the country will only get tougher.
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Computer giant Dell says it is closing in on its goal of collecting 2 billion pounds of used electronics by 2020.
A researcher in China says that 88 percent of the blood samples taken from children in Guiyu, China clearly show lead poisoning. The findings are made more significant by their publication in the government-owned China Daily. China has, until recently, downplayed reports of Guiyu’s e-waste hazards. Continue Reading
Observers notice a change in Apple’s position on the right-to-repair movement, and the U.S. military spends $80 million to develop a new kind of computer chip.
American Shredding of Salt Lake City; ATI SecureDocs of Houston; Loss Protection & Investigations of Fresno, Calif.; Rip n Shred of Edmonton, Alberta and Stacks of Topeka, Kan. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Federal Prison Industries, Inc., better known as UNICOR, is once again facing a lawsuit regarding worker safety and environmental standards at its electronics recycling operations.
E-scrap recycling company Regency Technologies has partnered with Dlubak Glass Company, a processor of scrap TV and PC monitors, on a joint operation that will recycle CRT glass.