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Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations added 74,000 square feet of space and with its latest facility in Tennessee. 

The U.S. tariff whirlwind continues this month: Many imports from Canada and Mexico, including those of recycled materials, had their tariffs suspended two days after they took effect last week, while previously announced tariffs on aluminum and steel from all countries are set to take effect Wednesday.

Data center decommissioning, right-to-repair, tariffs and the role of artificial intelligence in end-of-life product grading were hot topics during the first two days of a meeting of reverse logistics professionals in Las Vegas this week. 

IT asset disposition giant Sims Lifecycle Services is handling "extraordinary" volumes of repurposed assets through its data center decommissioning business, and the company anticipates that is only going to increase, particularly in the U.S.

3R Technology California is getting ready to open up shop at its first U.S. location in the Southern California city of Riverbank. The company processes e-plastics into clean, separated flake to help keep e-plastics in the U.S. 

The Recycled Materials Association warned of potential "severe" disruption to the materials recovery sector after tariffs targeting the U.S.'s largest trading partners took effect March 4. Canada's proposed response includes tariffs on U.S. exports of recycled materials.

Nonprofit organization PCs for People recently expanded into Seattle, taking over the operations of what was previously the nonprofit InterConnection.

In this year's "Failing the Fix" scorecard, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group said cell phones overall are getting more repairable, while laptops have stagnated.

A recent criminal case involving device theft during federal government asset disposition jobs is shining new light on 2024 audits highlighting IT asset management weaknesses at the FBI, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and others.

A startup company is applying expertise from eLoop, Carnegie Mellon University and a past Apple partnership to speed up disassembly of flat-panel displays.