E-Cycle Wisconsin reached a long-sought milestone last year: the highest number of collection sites and events in its 14-year history.

Lawmakers in Rhode Island are considering a broad electronics right-to-repair bill that would ban parts pairing and currently does not include any exemptions. 

[caption id="attachment_22457" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Elnur/Shutterstock[/caption] Readers last month were drawn to an analysis of current factors driving the ITAD market, a discussion about upcoming global regulations affecting the e-scrap industry, environmental reporting trends and more. The list below shows our top stories publ

Assurant released its mobile trade-in and upgrade report and found that in the first quarter of the year the iPhone 12 is approaching the No.

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: 2763028 Ontario DBA CERS International DBA CERS Lifecycle DBA Electrobargoon of Ontario, Canada; Comprenew of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Dragon Telecommunication Company of Kowloon, Hong Kong; Hamilton Rentals of Wokingham, United Kingdom; and JY Tec Supply

The amount of material Oregonians disposed of in 2022 dropped significantly from the year before, mainly due to fewer building-destroying wildfires, and electronics made up only 0.4% of the recycled materials.

The U.S. Trade Representative's office has extended tariff exemptions that cover certain shredder components imported from China, drawing praise from the Recycled Materials Association.

Envela Corporation, which owns a number of ITAD and e-scrap recycling operations, reported lower sales of secondhand hard drives in the first quarter of the year but higher demand for consumer technology devices.

After two years of trying – and some public pushing – iFixit ended its partnership with Samsung, citing the OEM's lack of commitment. 

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Comprenew of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Danis DBA Phone Tech of Brooklyn, New York; Dragon Telecommunication Company of Kowloon, Hong Kong; Express Mobile of Woodridge, Illinois; Hamilton Rentals of Wokingham, United Kingdom;