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Right-to-repair disputes crystallize in FTC comments

Published: February 8, 2024
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The Federal Trade Commission received more than 1,000 comments supporting or opposing a recent petition calling for federal right-to-repair rules. | Yekatseryna Netuk/Shutterstock

Whether they were small repair business owners, industry associations or passionate individuals, hundreds of commenters on a recent right-to-repair petition to the Federal Trade Commission broadly agreed that consumers ought to have more options for fixing their devices and using them longer.  Continue Reading

SERI acquires E-Reuse Conference and rebrands event

Published: February 2, 2024
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Sustainable Electronics Recycling International acquired the E-Reuse Conference and rebranded it as the Electronics Sustainability Summit. | Teerapong Mahawan/Shutterstock

A long-running electronics reuse conference is under new ownership by a nonprofit certification organization and has a new name, reflecting a goal to focus on a broader concept of “sustainability” in device management. Continue Reading

OEMs launch new e-scrap and reuse effort

Published: January 10, 2024
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Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony Electronics partnered with the Consumer Technology Association to form the Consumer Technology Circularity Initiative. | Olga Miltsova/Shutterstock

Major electronics manufacturers this week joined with the Consumer Technology Association to form the Consumer Technology Circularity Initiative, aiming to boost e-scrap processing, improve repair and reuse, and incorporate more recycled content into products. Continue Reading

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BAN puts industry on notice over e-plastics

Published: November 1, 2023
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The Basel Action Network (BAN) provides a guide to help e-scrap processors stay in compliance with export law. | Basel Action Network (BAN)

Exports watchdog Basel Action Network is barking. The group says U.S. e-scrap companies are illegally exporting e-plastics to Malaysia, and it has issued a warning. Continue Reading

WEEE Forum: One-sixth of e-waste is ‘invisible’

Published: October 11, 2023
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The Brussels-based Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum estimates about 9 billion kilograms of e-waste is misidentified as regular waste every year. | gmstockstudio/Shutterstock

For its 6th annual International E-Waste Day, a global association of producer responsibility groups is highlighting products that consumers often dispose of improperly because they don’t recognize them as e-scrap. Continue Reading

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California’s right-to-repair bill becomes law

Published: October 11, 2023
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The recently signed bill means Californians are free to fix many of their devices and appliances. | Jonathan Lenz/Shutterstock

Consumers in California now have the right to repair some of their electronic devices after Gov. Gavin Newson signed SB 244 into law Oct. 10.  Continue Reading

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How ESG can help businesses grow

Published: October 11, 2023
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Natalie Betts with the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) speaks on ESG at the 2023 E-Scrap and E-Reuse Conference in New Orleans. | Big Wave Productions/E-Scrap News

Recycling companies big and small can benefit from publicly sharing their environmental, social and governance strategies, no matter how complicated the process might seem at first.  Continue Reading

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Full industry value chain connects in New Orleans

Published: September 18, 2023
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Panelists at the Mobile Repair Day event that took place this week during the E-Scrap & E-Reuse Conference. | Big Wave Productions/E-Scrap News

More than 1,200 electronics sustainability professionals – representing repair shops, ITAD firms, recyclers, OEMs and others – are gathering this week at the E-Scrap & E-Reuse Conference. Continue Reading

Retail industry giant acquires Reverse Logistics Association

Published: September 13, 2023
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The partnership will focus on bolstering a circular economy for electronics. | T. Schneider/Shutterstock

The National Retail Federation has acquired the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group focused on product returns, refurbishment, resale and recycling for electronics and other products.  Continue Reading

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