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Although the emphasis on device repairability has risen in recent years, many devices are discarded because of a circuit board failure when they are quite fixable, said Kyle Wiens, CEO of repair firm iFixit.

Colorado is adding extended producer responsibility for another material stream to its state laws, this time for batteries. 

Ahead of the start of Oregon's updated e-scrap recycling program in 2026, the state Department of Environmental Quality published a timeline of important dates.

As recycling companies seek to improve workplace safety amid an industry-wide increase in on-the-job fatalities, experts at a recent industry summit advised managers to focus their attention on — and for top executives, even to attend — the regular pre-shift safety meetings.

Hawai'i added a host of new electronic devices and peripherals to its existing e-scrap law this year, also giving manufacturers more time to reach a 70% recycling and reuse target. 

Recent earnings reports from Iron Mountain and ITAD company Echo's parent company showed overall growth and pointed to headwinds in data center decommissioning and personal devices. 

Li-Cycle, once poised to build the first lithium-ion battery recycling facility of its kind in North America, is changing its leadership and limiting operations as it tries to sell the business or its assets. 

Communications giant AT&T, technology platform Recycle Global Exchange and nonprofit organization Compudopt are partnering to expand a program for collecting used electronics into more than 100 AT&T stores in the Southeastern U.S.

The U.S. government decided not to have recently fired workers return federally issued electronics, instead noting they will be "remotely sanitized," despite the potentially sensitive information the laptops, tablets and phones may contain.

In April, readers were drawn to stories about iFixit and Back Market's partnership, details on Camston Wrather's bankruptcy case and laws on solar panels and the right to repair in Washington. Rare earth recycling and Li-Cycle's need for more funding also caught reader attention.