[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

Jim Lynch, who worked in the nonprofit sector his entire career, helped transform the business of device repair in numerous ways.

[caption id="attachment_16237" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The proposed bill covers TVs, computers, laptops, printers and a handful of additional devices. | Ronald Rampsch / Shutterstock[/caption] Legislation introduced in the Bay State establishes extended producer responsibility for end-of-life consume

[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_16231" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Cumulatively, Samsung has collected 10 billion pounds of e-scrap since 2009, according to a recent company report. | OleksSH / Shutterstock[/caption] A major OEM increased the weight of e-scrap it collected

Here’s a look at which processing facilities have recently attained or renewed their data destruction and recycling industry certifications.

The Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse (ERCC) launched the e-Cycle Compliance Calendar website, helping collectors, manufacturers and recyclers view and track requirements pertaining to the 25 state electronics recycling laws. Plastics processor INEOS Styrolution

[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

The director of the R2 standard offers kudos to the volunteers who served on a committee to formulate a host of certification updates.

[caption id="attachment_16196" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Researchers pointed to targeted subsidies and higher penalties for fraud as things that could potentially solve the problem of dishonest recycling. | Gwoeii / Shutterstock[/caption] Cost is the main factor contributing to fraudulent recycling activities, researchers