refurbishment/reuse

By rr_test_admin, 29 April, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15758" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Close up of a circuitboard in blue light. An analyst says that consumers are becoming more willing to buy used electronics. | Filippo Carlot / Shutterstock[/caption] A consultant who helps develop consumer electronics trade-in programs says the computer chip crunch is he
By rr_test_admin, 22 April, 2021
[caption id="attachment_8917" align="aligncenter" width="1080"]Electronics collected for recycling in a bin. Electronics recycling and repair advocates provided comments to the EPA as the agency considers changing what counts toward the national recycling rate. | Photographee.eu / Shutterstock[/caption] If electronics are repaired, refurbished or re
By rr_test_admin, 1 April, 2021
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By rr_test_admin, 18 March, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15527" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Map of Europe under a magnifying glass. Europe has seen a number of electronics recycling newsworthy events recently. | sasirin pamai / Shutterstock[/caption] Right-to-repair legislation now covers TVs across the European Union, and the U.K.
By rr_test_admin, 25 February, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15402" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Microsoft sign in front of corporate offices. Microsoft has plans to significantly expand its data center footprint beyond the current 3 million servers and related hardware, with sustainability in mind. | Ritu Manoj Jethani/Shutterstock[/caption] A year afte
By rr_test_admin, 18 February, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15371" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Cell phones stacked on a table. In the annual review of company data Hyla noted that trade-in activity was slower for the full year, but that it picked up significantly in the fourth quarter. | Sonyerry/Shutterstock[/caption] Mobile device trade-ins are older than they used to be, according
By rr_test_admin, 11 February, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15344" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Map with a pin in Ghana. Researchers delved into the question of exactly what is actually happening on the ground with electronics shipments to Africa. | Wead/Shutterstock[/caption] During a recent panel discussion, an e-scrap researcher and a journalist described the consequences of exporting el