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Smartphone giant partners with iFixit on independent repair

Published: April 7, 2022
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Samsung will now offer genuine device parts, repair tools and step-by-step guides for Galaxy phones. | Leszek Kobusinski/Shutterstock

Global smartphone maker Samsung will now enable customers with Galaxy devices to repair the items themselves, using tools and parts from the company.

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Our top stories from March 2022

Published: April 7, 2022
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News that some of the technology world’s big names are funding an electronics collection effort in Denver was of interest to readers last month. | Arina P Habich/Shutterstock

A Denver doorstep collection program, accusations of accounting impropriety, military-funded e-scrap research and more drew our readers’ attention last month.

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Feds want industry help to lower PV recycling costs

Published: March 31, 2022
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The U.S. Department of Energy has released a five-year action plan for cutting the cost of recycling photovoltaic (PV) materials in half. | lccarvalho/Shutterstock

It’s generally cheaper to landfill old solar panels than it is to recycle them. The U.S. Department of Energy wants to change that.

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