Amazon says it’s using computing equipment for longer and diverting millions of components from landfills. | Amazon Web Services
Amazon’s sustainability efforts have resulted in millions of components being diverted from landfills and in longer useful lifespans for equipment, the company announced on its website earlier this month. Continue Reading
Trashie is offering its “tech take back box” in two size options, small and medium. | Courtesy of Trashie
Known for mail-in consumer textile recycling, Trashie is moving from closets to junk drawers with mail-in e-scrap recycling, which launched on Dec. 2. Continue Reading
Blancco Autopilot Detection is the latest feature on the Blancco Drive Eraser, helping prevent data loss on devices enrolled in Unified Endpoint Management programs. | Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock
A new technology from Blancco Technology Group will allow ITADs and e-scrap recyclers to check if devices are enrolled in Unified Endpoint Management programs before performing data destruction. Continue Reading
The acquisition provides strategic proximity to the San Francisco Bay Area’s myriad tech firms. | MD_Photography/Shutterstock
Arizona-based ITAD firm DMD Systems Recovery has acquired Basket Materials in a bid to provide services to California’s growing tech market and local data centers. Continue Reading
Sage Sustainable Electronics acquired Pennsylvania-based Relectro, a national provider of electronics repair, refurbishment and logistics services that services more than 25,000 assets per year. | Elnur/Shutterstock
Sage Sustainable Electronics, financed by Closed Loop Partners, has acquired an electronics repair and refurbishment company, aiming to gain a stronger foothold in the reuse world. Continue Reading
In 2023, of the more than 275,000 assets DMD Systems Recovery processed, slightly more than 100,000 were reused. | Maximumm/Shutterstock
Arizona-based ITAD company DMD Systems Recovery shared recycling and reuse data in its 2023 impact report, and updated its carbon-neutral goals.
Carbon insets, tradable certificates that can be sold back to companies sending e-scrap for processing, could provide up to $100 of additional revenue per ton for ITAD and e-scrap companies. | Mulad Images/Shutterstock
ITADs will soon be able to claim an extra $11 to $100 worth of revenue per ton of e-scrap by selling carbon insets, global advisory firm Bloom ESG predicted in its latest white paper. Continue Reading
A Sept. 14 fire forced Oregon reuse and recycling nonprofit Free Geek to shut its doors, but community support helped the organization get back up and running. | Courtesy of Free Geek
After a devastating fire at Portland, Oregon-based Free Geek in mid-September, a community outpouring of support has the nonprofit close to its fundraising goal for recovery. Continue Reading
Attendees chat during the E-Scrap Conference in Orlando, Florida. Photo by Big Wave Production / Resource Recycling
Around 950 attendees came to Orlando, Florida, to take in exhibitor booths, sessions on the latest industry trends and laws, and workshops on certification standards at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference – but also to mourn the sudden loss of e-scrap veteran Billy Johnson just before the show. Continue Reading
Apple’s iOS 18 update will expand its “Activation Lock” to include individual high-value parts, including batteries and displays. | Attila Fodemesi/Shutterstock
Apple’s latest operating system update will expand a feature unpopular with reuse and repair advocates to not just cover the phone as a whole but also individual parts. Continue Reading