The world's two largest smartphone brands, Samsung and Apple, shipped fewer devices in 2016 than one year earlier.
But, according to a report by International Data Corporation (IDC), overall smartphone shipments rose over the previous year, thanks to substantial increases from Chinese manufacturers.
Overall, 2016 saw about 1.47 billion smartphones shipped worldwide, I
As the IT asset disposition industry matures, market factors are pushing hard toward more asset reuse rather than commodity sales.
Data security procedures are being put to the test in an extensive study from the National Association for Information Destruction.
Researchers are examining 250 pieces of recovered electronic equipment, including conventional hard drives and solid-state drives, the association 
New Life Electronics Recycling has indicated it has no assets and owes a total of more than $1 million to dozens of creditors.
As a result, Oswego, Ill.,-based New Life submitted a voluntary Chapter 7 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Illinois. It was submitted Jan.
E-scrap generation grew 63 percent in east and Southeast Asian countries in five years, a comprehensive study has found. Some nations are ill-equipped to handle that increase.
Why the substantial rise e-scrap volumes?
Washington state has never before collected fewer pounds of electronics through its e-scrap program.
The Evergreen State's extended producer responsibility program for electronics 
The ERI facility in Lincoln Park, N.J.[/caption]
While many e-scrap companies have begun avoiding the CRT-heavy streams that define local government collections, the leader of one major processor says cities continue to be valuable partners for his firm.
ERI last week announced the opening of an e-scrap consolidation fa
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill overhauling the state's e-scrap program. It was identical to legislation he pocket vetoed in 2016.
Christie on Jan.
The federal government will invest up to $70 million in a new research institute focused on reducing recycling costs and boosting recycled content in manufacturing. E-scrap is one focus of the initiative.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the creation of the Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute, which will be headquartered in Rochester, N.Y.