By rr_test_admin, 7 May, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13631" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Donated iPads will help health care workers, patients and families stay connected. | Andrei_R/Shutterstock[/caption] Processors across the country are donating refurbished electronics to aid in the COVID-19 response.
By rr_test_admin, 7 May, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13634" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The fund will provide nearly $6.2 million in interest-free loans to e-scrap processing facilities and over $740,000 in grants to nonprofit electronics reuse organizations. | science photo/Shutterstock[/caption] A producer-backed group in the U.K.
By rr_test_admin, 30 April, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_13581" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Construction crews build additional loading docks at the new facility. | Courtesy of SEAM.[/caption] A South Dakota ITAD and electronics recycling company will spend a couple million dollars to purchase, renovate and move into a larger facility. Sioux Falls, S.D.
By rr_test_admin, 30 April, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13595" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Samsung is among the OEMs offering free repairs for frontline health care workers. | sasirin pamai/Shutterstock[/caption] Phone manufacturers offer free repairs to frontline workers, and ventilator producers release resources helping third-party compani
By rr_test_admin, 30 April, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13597" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The Consumer Technology Association forcasts a 4% to 12% decline in laptop sales this year compared to last year. | ECLIPSE PRODUCTION/Shutterstock[/caption] An economic downturn triggered by the coronavirus will translate to lower sales of new electronics thi
By rr_test_admin, 30 April, 2020
Here's a look at which processing facilities have recently attained or renewed their data destruction and recycling industry certifications.
By rr_test_admin, 30 April, 2020
[caption id="attachment_6602" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Survey results indicate that enterprises remain hesitant to move away from physical device destruction. | Silverscreen/Shutterstock[/caption] A survey found many IT professionals view physical device destruction as a safer option than data wiping.
By rr_test_admin, 23 April, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13549" align="aligncenter" width="900"] New York City's e-scrap recycling programs collect an average of 9.4 tons per day at the curb and inside apartment buildings. | tetiana.photographer/Shutterstock[/caption] New York City has "indefinitely suspended" its curbside e-scrap collection program, a
By rr_test_admin, 23 April, 2020

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The $349 billion in initial funding for the Paycheck Protection Program ran out within two weeks. | NIKCOA/Shutterstock[/caption] Electronics recycling firms and other processors across the country are looking to a federal assistance program to help them overcome cash-flow problems sparked by the coronavirus.