Even if consumers say smartphone repairability is important to them, brand popularity may be a more important factor in prolonging a device’s life, a study concluded.
Proposed changes to international fire regulations could impact e-scrap and ITAD companies by requiring new lithium-ion battery storage procedures.
A former e-scrap company executive has pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax evasion charges, admitting he marketed device destruction and recycling services but actually landfilled e-scrap and sold intact units.
America’s most-populous city will further expand its curbside collection service for e-scrap starting Oct. 1.
American Document Destruction of St. Louis; ClearData of Johannesburg; Shred Right (a Rohn Industries company) of St. Paul, Minn.; Shred-X Secure of Victoria, Australia; Shred-X Secure Destruction of Queensland, Australia; and Synetic Technologies of Kansas City, Mo. have achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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A growing threat in the e-scrap sector received national analysis this week, when The Washington Post visited a processing facility and explored the danger of lithium-ion battery fires.
A partnership between a processor and a prison in the U.K. is training inmates in dismantling electronics within the prison walls.
Yale University researchers estimate 3.5 million metric tons of electronics ended up in U.S. landfills in 2015, significantly higher than government estimates.
A draft European Union law limits traces of a flame retardant in products to such a low level that it would effectively kill e-plastics recycling on the continent, two industry groups said.