Even if an e-scrap facility is not thought to be processing toxics-emitting devices, it should be testing for toxic substances.
That's one takeaway from a researcher who co-authored a new report titled "Lessons learned
A Pennsylvania county gets its first collection center years after the state's electronics landfill ban was enacted, and Washington state reports lower collection weights than a year ago.
No outlet: End-of-life electronics are mounting up in Pittsburgh-area thrift stores, after a fire shut down a local recycling center accepting e-scrap.
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On average, popular phones, tablets and laptops are relatively easy to fix, but the market may be trending toward less repairable designs, a recent analysis found.
International activist group Greenpeace and U.S.-based electronics repair organization iFixit teamed up to assess the repairability of 44 smartphones, tablets and laptops.
After receiving $400,000 from the federal government, a New York company is developing a mechanical system that could help e-scrap companies handle printed circuit boards more profitably.
Advanced Recovery & Recycling (ARR), based in Syracuse, N.Y., is in the process of building out a "depopulator" machine that uses heat and vibrations to separate precious metal-bearin
An automated LCD disassembly machine is gearing up to be presented to the public after several years in development.
The Trumaster-ALR can process up to 80 LCD units per hour, separating the LCD shell, mercury-containing CCFL tubes and flat-panel display.
LCDs have been a growing portion of the waste stream for the past few years, as more
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Australia's largest city considers curbside e-scrap pickups, and a Hong Kong court sentences a man to jail for e-scrap storage law violations.
Australia: Sydney is floating the idea of launching weekly curbside e-scrap collections, according to
An Amazon personal assistant device is graded on its repairability, and a refurbished version of Samsung's notorious overheating phone returns to the market in South Korea.
Rising from the ashes: Samsung is selling refurbished versions of the notorious Galaxy Note 7 in South Korea, and they're priced about 30 percent less than the original Note 7 sold fo
Even if an e-scrap facility is not thought to be processing toxics-emitting devices, it should be testing for toxic substances.
That's one takeaway from a researcher who co-authored a new report titled "Lessons learned 
A Pennsylvania county gets its first collection center years after the state's electronics landfill ban was enacted, and Washington state reports lower collection weights than a year ago.
No outlet: End-of-life electronics are mounting up in Pittsburgh-area thrift stores, after a fire shut down a local recycling center accepting e-scrap.
On average, popular phones, tablets and laptops are relatively easy to fix, but the market may be trending toward less repairable designs, a recent analysis found.
International activist group Greenpeace and U.S.-based electronics repair organization iFixit teamed up to assess the repairability of 44 smartphones, tablets and laptops.
After receiving $400,000 from the federal government, a New York company is developing a mechanical system that could help e-scrap companies handle printed circuit boards more profitably.
Advanced Recovery & Recycling (ARR), based in Syracuse, N.Y., is in the process of building out a "depopulator" machine that uses heat and vibrations to separate precious metal-bearin
An automated LCD disassembly machine is gearing up to be presented to the public after several years in development.
The Trumaster-ALR can process up to 80 LCD units per hour, separating the LCD shell, mercury-containing CCFL tubes and flat-panel display.
LCDs have been a growing portion of the waste stream for the past few years, as more
Readers last month gravitated toward negative news, with the largest number of clicks going to stories about a fake R2 certificate, a 15-month prison sentence and industry bankruptcies.
The list below shows our top stories last month in terms of unique page views.
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