What’s important to consumers who are considering purchasing refurbished mobile phones? Recent research offers some insights into that secondhand device market.
What’s important to consumers who are considering purchasing refurbished mobile phones? Recent research offers some insights into that secondhand device market.
A Colorado-based nonprofit electronics recycling organization is working to spread its operational model around the country, and it recently received a grant to help.
A Canadian ITAD firm has brought the concept of carbon credits into the refurbishment realm as a way of offsetting the carbon impact associated with purchasing new IT equipment.
A recent write-up from a U.K. electronics trade group leader makes a cogent argument for why electronics engineers have a key role to play in ensuring devices are repairable and recyclable.
Two recent teardowns dug into the guts of Apple’s latest device, yielding insights on repairability and the estimated cost of the phone’s components.
Nearly 300 IT product refurbishing experts convened in New Orleans this week to consider industry trends and to address barriers to growth. The event was the 14th annual Electronics Reuse Conference, now operated by the consulting firm E-Reuse Services.
A Samsung Galaxy phone is repurposed through the Galaxy Upcycling project.
The world’s largest handset producer has launched a reuse program that will allow consumers to repurpose their old mobile devices.
Are Apple’s new iPhones environmentally friendly? It depends on which rating system you ask.
Sims Recycling Solutions’ consolidation of U.S. e-scrap shredding operations yielded financial benefits and more clearly drew a line between its shredding and reuse activities. That was one takeaway from a recently released annual report.
Kyle Wiens of iFixit speaks at E-Scrap 2017.
Repair is a growing portion of the e-scrap field, and experts predict it will continue to increase as companies learn the revenue that can be realized by reusing rather than shredding certain good-quality components.