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Samsung supports franchise repair firm’s e-scrap collection

Published: December 3, 2020
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The sign of a UBreakIFix location in California.

In a partnership with Samsung, uBreakiFix will now accept a variety of electronics for recycling at its 550-plus U.S. storefronts. | David Tonelson/Shutterstock

Scrap electronics will be accepted free of charge for recycling at hundreds of uBreakiFix retail locations, through a new partnership with Samsung.

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Major OEM settles in Closed Loop cleanup case

Published: November 19, 2020
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CRT materials spilled in the former Closed Loop facilitiy.

Sony’s payment will help fund cleanup of the estimated 160 million pound stockpile at two Ohio facilities. | Courtesy of EnSafe.

Sony Electronics agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle allegations that the company is liable for CRT materials abandoned by Closed Loop Refining and Recovery.

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The details on Apple’s lawsuit against GEEP Canada

Published: October 8, 2020
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Exterior of an Apple store.

Apple alleges its damages total $30 million Canadian, deriving from lost profits from gray-markets sales and injury to Apple’s brand image and trademarks. | IRENE COLL INGLES/Shutterstock

Apple claims GEEP Canada employees hid Apple devices out of view of an e-scrap facility’s cameras, mislabeled devices as “copper bearings” for outbound shipping, and then received kickbacks for illegally reselling them.

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Microsoft revamps system for data center decommissioning

Published: August 20, 2020
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Microsoft sign on a company building.

Microsoft is on track to increase its reuse of data center components by up to 90%. | Paolo Bona/Shutterstock

One of the world’s biggest cloud service providers has developed an asset disposition process that uses machine learning and other tools to handle more used material on-site.

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Apple talks recycling in latest environmental report

Published: July 30, 2020
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Apple's facility in Cupertino, Calif.

Apple’s Cupertino, Calif. facility. | Uladzik Kryhin/Shutterstock

Apple recycled more than 100 million pounds of its devices last year, and it used 10% recycled or renewable materials across its product line. The company released the details in its annual sustainability report.

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