Even if consumers say smartphone repairability is important to them, brand popularity may be a more important factor in prolonging a device's life, a study concluded.
"Our results suggest that although repairability and large memory size are typically thought to be 'life extending,' in practice they have limited impact on th
The bankruptcy of a major e-scrap processor - and wider market conditions - led a Goodwill affiliate in Oregon to stop accepting most end-of-life electronics.
Goodwill of Southern Oregon on Sept. 1 halted collection of computers, CRT devices, printers, scanners and other peripheral devices.
Green Tech Solution is developing a recycling facility in Blacksburg, S.C.[/caption]
A Chinese investment firm is planning a $75 million recycling plant to process e-scrap, plastic and other materials.
The Blacksburg, S.C. facility will be operated by Green Tech Solution, a U.S.
A draft European Union law limits traces of a flame retardant in products to such a low level that it would effectively kill e-plastics recycling on the continent, two industry groups said.
The brominated flame retardant in question is called decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE).
Yale University researchers estimate 3.5 million metric tons of electronics ended up in U.S.
A partnership between a processor and a prison in the U.K. is training inmates in dismantling electronics within the prison walls.
U.K. e-scrap operator Recycling Lives has set up an workshop inside HMP Dovegate, a privately run prison in Staffordshire, England.
A growing threat in the e-scrap sector received national analysis this week, when The Washington Post visited a processing facility and explored the danger of lithium-ion battery fires.
The newspaper visited ITAD company Cascade Asset Management in Wisconsin, where employees demonstrated device dismantling 
Device scavenging is hampering formalized electronics recycling efforts in Europe, and a new study concludes there is little established processors can do to stop it.
But companies can take steps to reduce its impact on their operations, according to research from the European Electronics Recyclers Association (EER