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Logitech reported using 30,800 tons of post-consumer recycled plastic in 2023. | Hernan E. Schmidt/Shutterstock
Logitech upped its use of recycled plastic last year, including e-plastics recovered from end-of-life electronics, according to its recently released impact report. Continue Reading
The average age of iPhones at trade-in in the second quarter of 2024 was 3.8 years, while the average age of Android devices was 3.5 years.| ErickPHOTOPRO/Shutterstock
Consumers continue to hold onto devices longer before trading them in, according to second-quarter data from a trade-in company. Continue Reading
The province’s four-year pilot program will become permanent on April 1. | Butenkov Aleksei/Shutterstock
Canada’s oldest provincial electronics recycling program will add more than 500 device types to its accepted materials list, making permanent a pilot program that’s been under way for four years. Continue Reading
Ridwell provides bags for customers to aggregate batteries in for collection. At Ridwell’s Portland facility, batteries are stored in barrels that contain CellBlock fire suppressor material. | Colin Staub/Resource Recycling
Working with battery stakeholders and certified e-scrap downstreams, Ridwell is providing household collection of a wide range of items rarely accepted at the curb in a growing number of markets. And the company is doing it with transparency in mind.
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Encompass provides OEM parts and tools to industry and consumers alike. | Rabanser/Shutterstock
Robert Coolidge’s business is built around supplying replacement parts for consumer electronics, and he sees right to repair laws as a benefit for consumers – with the right safety guardrails. Continue Reading
The U.S. EPA is working on a Battery Collection Best Practices and Battery Labeling Guidelines project, which will provide a toolkit for local governments to use when implementing battery collection programs, among other deliverables. | Chepko-Danil-Vitalevich/Shutterstock
The U.S. EPA has held a series of expert working groups, aiming to find the most effective strategies to keep batteries out of the garbage and recycling streams. For a growing number of municipalities, including one major U.S. city, that is coming to mean offering the convenience of curbside collection.