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By rr_test_admin, 21 October, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16910" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Grover platform mockup on various devices. Grover's expansion to the U.S. comes shortly after news that it received $1 billion from a variety of investors. | Courtesy of Grover[/caption] Device subscription provider Grover will expand its footprint into North America.
By rr_test_admin, 7 October, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16836" align="aligncenter" width="900"]USB type C cable with notebook ports. USB-C is already widely used around the world, but micro-USB continues to be used, and Apple uses its own Lightning port. | Primakov / Shutterstock[/caption] The European Commission is asking for regulations forcing mobile device manufacturers to
By rr_test_admin, 30 September, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16790" align="aligncenter" width="980"]N2S facility exterior. The company framed its expansion as part of a push to increase the U.K.'s e-scrap recycling rate. | Courtesy of N2S[/caption] N2S, an ITAD company based in Suffolk, England, will open two new processing locations and will expand an existing site during the coming year. The compa
By rr_test_admin, 12 August, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_11503" align="aligncenter" width="900"]People shaking hands at a business meeting. Grover offers a wide range of devices available for lease by consumers, including computers, smartphones, drones, gaming devices, and many more. | Micolas / Shutterstock[/caption] Grover, a European company that provides subscription acce
By rr_test_admin, 4 June, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15973" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Closeup of electronic circuitboard. During COVID-19, collection of electronics and electrical appliances has increased markedly in Ireland. | raigvi / Shutterstock[/caption] Officials predict most EU countries will fall short of their e-scrap recycling targets, Ireland sees a surge in re
By rr_test_admin, 15 April, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15315" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Closeup of collected e-scrap for recycling. A 100,000-square-foot facility in Spain will have the capacity to process more than 50 million pounds of e-plastics per year. | sonsart/Shutterstock[/caption] Spanish plastics recycling operation Fosimpe will enter the mixed-plastics processing
By rr_test_admin, 18 March, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15527" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Map of Europe under a magnifying glass. Europe has seen a number of electronics recycling newsworthy events recently. | sasirin pamai / Shutterstock[/caption] Right-to-repair legislation now covers TVs across the European Union, and the U.K.
By rr_test_admin, 11 February, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15325" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Scrap electronics for recycling. France has begun requiring manufacturers to label their electronic products with a repairability score. | S.Dashkevych/Shutterstock[/caption] France has started requiring electronics OEMs to calculate and disclose repairability scores to consumers, and off
By rr_test_admin, 25 June, 2020
[caption id="attachment_2486" align="aligncenter" width="800"]An open laptop. European trends suggest that end consumers are becoming more open to buying used electronics. | MaxFrost/Shutterstock[/caption] With OEMs struggling to produce and ship new electronics during coronavirus-triggered shutdowns, a new willingness to buy refurbished devices has sprouted in Europe, according