As the e-Stewards electronics recycling standard goes through a series of updates, auditors must complete trainings on the new requirements.
Beginning Sept.
The owners of Dollar General stores will pay more than $1 million to settle charges that the company sent scrap electronics, batteries and other materials to landfills not permitted to receive them.
Tennessee-based Dolgen California and its subsidiaries, which own Dollar General retail stores and a distribution center in California, agreed to end the la
Whether it's a deal on data destruction or an opportunity for extra education, multiple organizations are taking full advantage of the attention Earth Day brings to the recycling world.
User-repair champion iFixit has released four new teardown guides in recent weeks, showing consumers the inner workings of a new set of devices.
The teardown manuals assign a repairability score on a 1 to 10 scale.
A warehouse full of CRT glass draws the attention of local officials, and a recycling expert explores the recycling problems presented by wearable devices.
Learning their lessons: Two Ohio inmates participating in a program that has prisoners disassemble old computers for recycling were found to have stolen components, pieced together two computers, hidden them i
EPEAT and other eco-labeling initiatives are helping boost the use of recycled content in plastics used for electronics, an HP executive said at a recent European plastics recycling conference.
Jason Ord, HP's director for environmental responsibility in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, spoke at the Plastics Recycling
LCD devices contain many components that are commonly recycled, but the screen glass and the substance coating it are not among them.
The reason comes down to economics: The glass contains a soft metal called indium, which is concentrated at just one-tenth of the amount needed to make commercial recovery viable.
New York City officials have announced plans to make the Staten Island curbside e-scrap recycling service permanent while also rolling it out into more-populous city boroughs.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled the plan earlier this week in a
A magazine profile explores the right-to-repair debate, and a report points to new devices that are out of compliance with EPEAT's e-plastics labeling standards.
Company creator: Kyle Wiens has made a name for himself as the co-founder of iFixit, the company aimed at enabling consumers to repair their own electronics, and a wider
With implementation in New Brunswick last week, all 10 Canadian provinces now have extended producer responsibility programs for electronics.
The New Brunswick collection infrastructure consists of 40 drop-off centers accepting TVs and monitors, computers, mobile devices and more.
As the e-Stewards electronics recycling standard goes through a series of updates, auditors must complete trainings on the new requirements.
Beginning Sept.
The owners of Dollar General stores will pay more than $1 million to settle charges that the company sent scrap electronics, batteries and other materials to landfills not permitted to receive them.
Tennessee-based Dolgen California and its subsidiaries, which own Dollar General retail stores and a distribution center in California, agreed to end the la
Whether it's a deal on data destruction or an opportunity for extra education, multiple organizations are taking full advantage of the attention Earth Day brings to the recycling world.
User-repair champion iFixit has released four new teardown guides in recent weeks, showing consumers the inner workings of a new set of devices.
The teardown manuals assign a repairability score on a 1 to 10 scale.
A warehouse full of CRT glass draws the attention of local officials, and a recycling expert explores the recycling problems presented by wearable devices.
Learning their lessons: Two Ohio inmates participating in a program that has prisoners disassemble old computers for recycling were found to have stolen components, pieced together two computers, hidden them i
EPEAT and other eco-labeling initiatives are helping boost the use of recycled content in plastics used for electronics, an HP executive said at a recent European plastics recycling conference.
Jason Ord, HP's director for environmental responsibility in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, spoke at the Plastics Recycling
LCD devices contain many components that are commonly recycled, but the screen glass and the substance coating it are not among them.
The reason comes down to economics: The glass contains a soft metal called indium, which is concentrated at just one-tenth of the amount needed to make commercial recovery viable.
New York City officials have announced plans to make the Staten Island curbside e-scrap recycling service permanent while also rolling it out into more-populous city boroughs.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled the plan earlier this week in a 
With implementation in New Brunswick last week, all 10 Canadian provinces now have extended producer responsibility programs for electronics.
The New Brunswick collection infrastructure consists of 40 drop-off centers accepting TVs and monitors, computers, mobile devices and more.