After years of pushing back against bills that would grant consumers the right to repair electronics, Apple announced it supports an amended version of one such bill currently in play in California.
The federal government has announced plans to further prioritize American-made sustainable products and services in its purchasing, including recycled content.
Low prices for electronic components continue to dampen Iron Mountain's data center decommissioning business. Meanwhile, a group of ITAD and e-scrap companies boosted their profit margins even amid a slowdown in business.
Likely hesitant due to difficult markets in the first quarter, ITAD industry players were fairly conservative in their capital expenditures early this year. But company leaders foresee bigger spending ahead, according to a new survey.
TES is opening a facility in Virginia to decommission hyperscale data centers, part of the ITAD company's strategy to benefit from the continuing transition of computing power from individual devices to the cloud.
Demand for new phones and Wi-Fi connected products dropped in 2022, a survey found, likely due to economic pressures and pandemic-driven purchase over the last two years.
Nearly a third of IT professionals at small- and medium-sized businesses admitted that they trash at least some used electronics rather than dispose of them in a responsible manner, according to a software marketplace's survey.