A modular phone maker receives significant new capital, and an investment manager advises shareholders to push companies away from exporting e-scrap.
A modular phone maker receives significant new capital, and an investment manager advises shareholders to push companies away from exporting e-scrap.
A firm releases a list of common problems auditors come across in e-scrap processing facilities, and Apple boosts its repair prices.
A new phone gets a rock-bottom score when it comes to repairability, and a Kansas program finds a creative way to reuse scrap electronic components.
Cracked mobile device screens may be able to fix themselves in the future, and two groups will hold a workshop discussing violations of extended producer responsibility laws by online e-commerce sites.
Mac fans complain that Apple receives unfair scrutiny, and the global e-scrap market is positioned to rise during the next decade.
Dynamic Recycling undergoes a major expansion in Wisconsin, and Washington state continues to experience reductions in weights collected.
California’s hike in the fee to fund electronics recycling is explained, and a repair advocacy group accuses OEMs of deflecting pressure to improve repairability.
A bill replacing Pennsylvania’s electronics recycling program has stalled until at least this fall, and a couple of e-scrap recycling efforts include a charitable bent.
The used and refurbished phone market is predicted to grow substantially, and a Canadian province increases its “eco fee” for the first time in its history.
A Pennsylvania newspaper calls for changes to the state’s electronics EPR law, and the Consumer Technology Association offers updated data on the shifting device stream.