In comments to the EPA, NASA recommended that federal procurement guidelines point purchasers toward recycled-content ink cartridges. | David Tonelson/Shutterstock
As the U.S. EPA updates its lists of recycled-content products purchased by federal agencies, recycling stakeholders have chimed in about electronics.
A Titech Combisense sorter is part of the system Powerhouse Recycling purchased. | Courtesy of Tiger Group
Powerhouse Recycling will spend over $4 million to expand its North Carolina campus, providing space for an advanced shredding and separation system the company bought at auction.
Gold is a key metal for e-scrap processors. | Don Bendickson/Shutterstock
Prices for an important precious metal increased notably in recent weeks, raising the value of recovered printed circuit boards.
ITRenew this January opened a 315,000-square-foot facility in the Kansas City area. | Maximumm/Shutterstock
ITAD providers may be struggling to access used devices amid office and school closures, but a company managing hyperscale cloud computer equipment is finding business is healthy amid the pandemic.
Apple recently announced the company’s Independent Repair Provider Program is now open to repair firms in Europe and Canada. | Kevin Khoo/Shutterstock
Apple this month described the growth of a program that provides some official repair resources to certain repair shops. The initiative is separate from the company’s authorized repair service.
Second quarter PC shipments this year rose 2.8% compared with the second quarter of 2019. | joyfull/Shutterstock
PC shipments were up almost 3% during the second quarter of the year compared with 2019. Analysis firm Gartner says the growth was driven by stores beginning to rebound from the first-quarter COVID-19 disruptions, as well as a significant increase in laptop sales.
In the U.S., 65% of HP employees identify as white. | josefkubes/Shutterstock
In the aftermath of Geoge Floyd’s killing, a number of large companies have issued statements opposing racism. HP’s CEO also issued a goal: Double the number of Black and African American executives by 2025.
Mail-in electronics recycling has become more common in the era of COVID-19 as in-person collection events are cancelled. | mdbildes/Shutterstock
The coronavirus pandemic has strained e-scrap collection, but that’s opening the door to an alternative recovery system that minimizes contact between people.
The U.N. report also notes that the number of countries with national e-scrap policies, legislation or regulations increased from 61 in 2014 to 78 in 2019. | sasirin pamai/Shutterstock
A United Nations report estimates that 17.4% of e-scrap generated globally was recycled in 2019, well short of a goal of 30% by 2023.
Employees on PCs for People’s Kansas City, Mo. ITAD processing line. | Courtesy of PCs for People
Nonprofit e-scrap organization PCs for People recently added two facilities, growing its reach into Maryland and Missouri.