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Greenpeace targets smartphones in a new report, and a workplace chemical exposure rule may be delayed due to a White House directive. Device demand drops: Worldwide shipments of new personal computing devices, including PCs and tablets, are expected to decline, according to a new forecast by the

One city refuses to reinstate its electronics recycling program despite residents' frustration, and remote Alaska receives attention for e-scrap cleanups. Steadfast against recycling: Although residents expressed anger that the city will end

A nonprofit group buys California-based Isidore Electronics Recycling, and two lawmakers think 2017 may be the year a "right to repair" bill passes in Minnesota. Processor acquisition: A  major Los Angeles nonprofit organization that helps the formerly incarcerated find jobs purchased Isidore Electronics Recycling.

Long lines fail to deter residents from participating in a collection event, and one community sets up curbside e-scrap collections. E-scrap rarity: Curbside e-scrap collection is available for Yorkville, Ill. residents, as the city has expanded its contract with its waste and recycling services provider.

Farmers join the fight to allow consumers to repair electronics, and a lack of available recycling options leads to the dumping of CRT televisions along roadways in one state. Free recycling: A North Carolina environmental protection group subsidized an e-scrap collection program in a county that has struggled to recycle electronics du

A Los Angeles-based processor that hires formerly incarcerated people grabs attention, and Samsung explains what exactly caused its flagship mobile device to overheat. Dual defects: An internal investigation by Samsung has revealed two causes of the high-profile overheating problems that plagued the company's Galaxy Note 7.

LED lights could offer a growing source of valuable metals, and current spending offers a look at the products that could dominate the waste stream in the future. No more CRTs: The Health Department Recycle Center in Canton, Ohio will no longer accept CRTs beginning next week,

An Arizona for-profit business shares electronics disassembly tips with a local nonprofit group, and a Minnesota county boosts fees it charges individuals who drop off display devices. Knowledge sharing: An Arizona electronics recycling and hard drive destruction company shared some e-scrap disassembly knowledge with the nonprofit group Worl

Apple's earbuds get a zero on the repairability scale, and scrap writer Adam Minter is planning another book. Rosy outlook: IBISWorld has updated a research report examining the electronics recycling sector.

New regulations are coming for exporters of CRTs, and an e-scrap collection program in Illinois comes back strong. R2 data: Sustainable Electronics Recycling International reports on the latest details of its R2 certi