[caption id="attachment_10655" align="aligncenter" width="900"]A policy statement includes several specific actions FTC will take and other steps it is asking the public to take. | Alexey Kabanov / Shutterstock[/caption]
The Federal Trade Commission last week pledged to heighten enforcement acti
[caption id="attachment_16232" align="aligncenter" width="900"]The executive action comes during a time of ramped-up activity in the right-to-repair realm. | Sean Pavone / Shutterstock[/caption]
The White House is encouraging federal regulators to protect independent repair of consumer electronics, agri
[caption id="attachment_16240" align="aligncenter" width="900"]PlanITROI partnered with Microsoft to provide free refurbished laptops to digitally underserved students in El Paso, Texas and Memphis, Tenn. | Courtesy of PlanITROI[/caption]
The nonprofit arm of ITAD firm PlanITROI partnered with Microsoft to provide hundreds of refurbished laptops to l
[caption id="attachment_16197" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Microsoft declined to comment on the shareholder resolution, but a company spokesperson pointed to Microsoft's Devices Sustainability Report for the 2020 fiscal year.| Eric Glenn / Shutterstock[/caption]
An advocacy group filed a share
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="950"]Proposed national legislation follows a flurry of state right-to-repair bills that were introduced this year. | EQRoy / Shutterstock[/caption]
A federal lawmaker has introduced legislation requiring electronics manufacturers to provide resources facilitating independent device repair.
[caption id="attachment_16083" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]The New York Senate approved right-to-repair legislation on the same day the state's legislative session concluded. | Harold Stiver / Shutterstock[/caption]
The New York State Senate this month voted in favor of legislation providing public acces
[caption id="attachment_16082" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]The company noted the investment money will be used to build and deploy thousands of automated kiosks across the U.S., Europe and Asia. | goir / Shutterstock[/caption]
Mobile device collector and resale firm ecoATM Gazelle has raised $75 million to roll out its automated k
[caption id="attachment_15967" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Three years ago, repair advocacy group iFixit partnered with Samsung to support the Galaxy Upcycling project. | Resource Recycling file photo[/caption]
Once a partner in Samsung's "Galaxy Upcycling" project, device repair organization iFixit now says the OEM has watered down the in
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="950"]Back Market works with 1,500 sellers on its used device marketplace platform. | OtmarW / Shutterstock[/caption]
Back Market this week announced an investment round delivering the company $335 million, the latest large dollar figure raised by the refurbished electronics business.
The company, which
A policy statement includes several specific actions FTC will take and other steps it is asking the public to take. | Alexey Kabanov / Shutterstock[/caption]
The Federal Trade Commission last week pledged to heighten enforcement acti
The executive action comes during a time of ramped-up activity in the right-to-repair realm. | Sean Pavone / Shutterstock[/caption]
The White House is encouraging federal regulators to protect independent repair of consumer electronics, agri
PlanITROI partnered with Microsoft to provide free refurbished laptops to digitally underserved students in El Paso, Texas and Memphis, Tenn. | Courtesy of PlanITROI[/caption]
The nonprofit arm of ITAD firm PlanITROI partnered with Microsoft to provide hundreds of refurbished laptops to l
Microsoft declined to comment on the shareholder resolution, but a company spokesperson pointed to Microsoft's Devices Sustainability Report for the 2020 fiscal year.| Eric Glenn / Shutterstock[/caption]
An advocacy group filed a share
Proposed national legislation follows a flurry of state right-to-repair bills that were introduced this year. | EQRoy / Shutterstock[/caption]
A federal lawmaker has introduced legislation requiring electronics manufacturers to provide resources facilitating independent device repair.
The New York Senate approved right-to-repair legislation on the same day the state's legislative session concluded. | Harold Stiver / Shutterstock[/caption]
The New York State Senate this month voted in favor of legislation providing public acces
The company noted the investment money will be used to build and deploy thousands of automated kiosks across the U.S., Europe and Asia. | goir / Shutterstock[/caption]
Mobile device collector and resale firm ecoATM Gazelle has raised $75 million to roll out its automated k
Three years ago, repair advocacy group iFixit partnered with Samsung to support the Galaxy Upcycling project. | Resource Recycling file photo[/caption]
Once a partner in Samsung's "Galaxy Upcycling" project, device repair organization iFixit now says the OEM has watered down the in
Back Market works with 1,500 sellers on its used device marketplace platform. | OtmarW / Shutterstock[/caption]
Back Market this week announced an investment round delivering the company $335 million, the latest large dollar figure raised by the refurbished electronics business.
The company, which