Back Market's online platform currently hosts about 1,000 sellers, all of whom go through a rigorous evaluation process before being allowed to list items for sell to the public. | Neirfy/Shutterstock[/caption]
Refurbished device marketplace Back Market 
Dutch company Closing the Loop buys scrap phones from local collectors in Africa. | Photo by Closing the Loop, provided courtesy of TCO Development[/caption]
Sustainability certification organization TCO Development launched a program through which purchases of new electronics will fund e-sc
Donated iPads will help health care workers, patients and families stay connected. | Andrei_R/Shutterstock[/caption]
Processors across the country are donating refurbished electronics to aid in the COVID-19 response.
Construction crews build additional loading docks at the new facility. | Courtesy of SEAM.[/caption]
A South Dakota ITAD and electronics recycling company will spend a couple million dollars to purchase, renovate and move into a larger facility.
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Samsung is among the OEMs offering free repairs for frontline health care workers. | sasirin pamai/Shutterstock[/caption]
Phone manufacturers offer free repairs to frontline workers, and ventilator producers release resources helping third-party compani
The Consumer Technology Association forcasts a 4% to 12% decline in laptop sales this year compared to last year. | ECLIPSE PRODUCTION/Shutterstock[/caption]
An economic downturn triggered by the coronavirus will translate to lower sales of new electronics thi
New York City's e-scrap recycling programs collect an average of 9.4 tons per day at the curb and inside apartment buildings. | tetiana.photographer/Shutterstock[/caption]
New York City has "indefinitely suspended" its curbside e-scrap collection program, a
The $349 billion in initial funding for the Paycheck Protection Program ran out within two weeks. | NIKCOA/Shutterstock[/caption]
Electronics recycling firms and other processors across the country are looking to a federal assistance program to help them overcome cash-flow problems sparked by the coronavirus.
Wisetek is assembling ventilators at its facility in Cork, Ireland. | Patrik Slezak/Shutterstock[/caption]
An Irish electronics recycling firm has converted its refurbishing line to focus on assembling ventilators.
In the midst of coronavirus-related closures, ITAD companies are reporting decreases of up to 75% in the flow of used IT equipment from corporate accounts and other organizations. | Zhuravlev Andrey/Shutterstock[/caption]
At enterprises across North America, IT asset