Washington state legislators sent to the governor’s desk a bill that sets up an extended producer responsibility program for batteries. 

After over two decades in the IT asset management space, Re-Source Partners found its niche and recently received an award for it. 

[caption id="attachment_21648" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Todd Zegers captains his boat with his son, Zadrian, off the coast of Southern California in November 2020. | Courtesy of Todd Zegers[/caption] ITAD industry veteran Todd Zegers recently left Ingram Micro to start his own consulting business.

[caption id="attachment_21633" align="aligncenter" width="900"] CNE Direct located its newest facility in Ohio to make it easier to ship out refurbished devices. | Courtesy of CNE Direct[/caption] ITAD companies often seek to site facilities near their clients to reduce costs and environmental impacts of collecting used electronics.

Apple is pushing to use more recycled metals in its products and debuted an overhead projector-based augmented reality system to make device dismantling easier for contractors. 

Researchers at Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology developed a "gentle method" to remove and reuse precious metals from thin-film solar cells.  Elgin Recycling joined TERRA's

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Austin Elements of Houston; Changsheng Telecommunication of Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; Mannapov (dba WCell and WCellUSA) of Boerne, Texas; Metro Metals Northwest

Market analysis firm Gartner says shipments of new PCs plummeted during the first quarter of 2023, with brand owners offering steep discounts to clear out inventory. An analyst estimates prices will rise moderately through this year, however.

Hard conversations, checking unconscious bias and letting employees drive change with leadership's support are all vital to building more diverse workforces, experts recently explained.

Princeton NuEnergy secured a $12 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate the commercialization of its technology.