[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.
[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.
[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.
[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
[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
[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.
[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
[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.
[caption id="attachment_13554" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Wisetek is assembling ventilators at its facility in Cork, Ireland. | Patrik Slezak/Shutterstock[/caption]
An Irish electronics recycling firm has converted its refurbishing line to focus on assembling ventilators.