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Investment firm acquires Phoenix-based recycler

Published: August 14, 2024
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Global Electronics Recycling brings experience handling solar panels to Tide Rock’s existing portfolio company, Full Circle Electronics. | lccarvalho/Shutterstock

Private equity firm Tide Rock Holdings has acquired Phoenix-based Global Electronics Recycling. The acquisition will help add customers in the aerospace and defense sectors as GER integrates with previous acquisition Full Circle Electronics, the latter company’s CEO said in an interview. 

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Discover, PCs for People work within data security policy

Published: July 18, 2024
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Laptops for recycling or reuse

So far, Discover has sent about 300 decommissioned laptops to nonprofit PCs for People, because the organization is willing to take them without hard drives and operating systems. | ThamKC/Shutterstock

For years, Discover Financial Services didn’t donate its used laptops for reuse due to its data security policies. But a partnership with PCs for People has provided a workaround.  Continue Reading

OEM invests in rare earth recycler Cyclic Materials

Published: July 18, 2024
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Canadian rare earth recycler Cyclic Materials got a boost from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. | Joaquin Corbalan P/Shutterstock

Cyclic Materials received an investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund to accelerate the company’s technology for recovering rare earth metals from hard drives. Continue Reading

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Microsoft names price for Windows 10 extended support

Published: April 11, 2024
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Microsoft said schools will be charged $1 per computer for the first year, $2 the following year and $4 the third year for the extended support for Windows 10. | Wachiwit/Shutterstock

Several months after announcing it planned to offer extended support for Windows 10, Microsoft named its price for schools and businesses – the cost for individuals is still yet to be announced.  Continue Reading

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Device sustainability making strides, but distance remains

Published: January 24, 2024
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Allison Ward with Dell Technologies, Scott Shackelford at Google and Cassie Gruber with Jabil spoke about how sustainability is shaping the future of electronic devices during a panel discussion at the 2023 E-Scrap Conference in September. | Big Wave Productions/E-Scrap News

Electronics manufacturers are making their devices more sustainable every day, with longer-lasting products, reused materials, take-back programs and designs that have repair and recycling in mind from the start, industry experts told an audience of e-scrap recyclers last year.  Continue Reading

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Online venture connects consumers to mail-in recycling

Published: November 1, 2023
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A new website will provide information and recycling kits for a variety of items. | RecyclingKits.com

Sustainability consulting firm Close the Loop recently unveiled RecyclingKits.com, a subsidiary meant to help individuals and small businesses manage electronics and materials that are not typically collected curbside. Continue Reading

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PIRG petitions Microsoft to extend Windows 10 support

Published: November 1, 2023
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According to the Public Interest Research Group, roughly 40% of PCs currently in use cannot upgrade to Windows 11. | Rawf8/Shutterstock

As Microsoft prepares to end support for a huge number of Windows 10 devices, the Public Interest Research Group has started a petition to extend the support period for the operating system. Continue Reading

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Research firm: PC sales should pick up this quarter

Published: October 11, 2023
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The director analyst of Gartner says the latest decline in shipments means the PC market has reached its floor. | ECLIPSE PRODUCTION/Shutterstock

Gartner estimates worldwide PC shipments declined in the third quarter, but the research firm anticipates sales will begin to pick up in the fourth quarter of this year.  Continue Reading

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