[caption id="attachment_10373" align="alignright" width="300"] In Uganda, end-of-life cell phones are collected before being shipped for recycling.[/caption]
Tech companies are seeing boosted demand for environmental leadership, and e-scrap management concerns continue to mark developing countries.
Samsung is teasing the 2019 release of a wholly different phone design: a device that can fold in half like a book.
The manufacturer's goal is to enable a 7.3-inch screen on a device that can still be easily carried.
Global e-commerce site eBay has launched a mobile device trading program, and the company says it will pay consumers more for their used phones than competitors.
The service, called eBay Instant Selling, allows consumers to input information about their phones and get paid via an eBay voucher
Even if consumers say smartphone repairability is important to them, brand popularity may be a more important factor in prolonging a device's life, a study concluded.
"Our results suggest that although repairability and large memory size are typically thought to be 'life extending,' in practice they have limited impact on th
A growing threat in the e-scrap sector received national analysis this week, when The Washington Post visited a processing facility and explored the danger of lithium-ion battery fires.
The newspaper visited ITAD company Cascade Asset Management in Wisconsin, where employees demonstrated device dismantling
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The displays on smartphones are expected to keep expanding in size, and Apple's upcoming iPhone models will be part of the trend.
The International Data Corporation (IDC), a research group, estimates that large-screen smartphones (those with screens 5.5 inches and larger) will make up nearl
Consumers paid record prices for Apple's iPhone X. A recent analysis shows the refurb market is doing the same.
According to liquidation services firm B-Stock, used versions of the phone have been regularly snapped up by consumers at 85 percent of the original retail price, which was $999.
An emerging retail sales outlet for refurbished phones, tablets and laptops has raised $48 million to help it expand.
Back Market, an online marketplace that recently entered the North American market, raised the money from Paris-based investment groups.
A three-year-old French online marketplace, Back Market provides a sales outlet for refurbishing
An online marketplace for refurbished devices has expanded into the U.S., and company leaders are looking for refurbishers to join the platform.
Back Market does not refurbish products but rather provides a space where refurbished electronics, mostly smartphones, can be sold online
[caption id="attachment_8520" align="alignright" width="300"] Daisy, Apple's new device disassembly robot, can dismantle up to 200 devices per hour.[/caption]
When it comes to in-house recycling, Apple is diving deeper into droids.
The OEM laid out the details on its new robot, “Daisy,” in the company’s
In Uganda, end-of-life cell phones are collected before being shipped for recycling.[/caption]
Tech companies are seeing boosted demand for environmental leadership, and e-scrap management concerns continue to mark developing countries.
Samsung is teasing the 2019 release of a wholly different phone design: a device that can fold in half like a book.
The manufacturer's goal is to enable a 7.3-inch screen on a device that can still be easily carried.
Global e-commerce site eBay has launched a mobile device trading program, and the company says it will pay consumers more for their used phones than competitors.
The service, called eBay Instant Selling, allows consumers to input information about their phones and get paid via an eBay voucher
Even if consumers say smartphone repairability is important to them, brand popularity may be a more important factor in prolonging a device's life, a study concluded.
"Our results suggest that although repairability and large memory size are typically thought to be 'life extending,' in practice they have limited impact on th
A growing threat in the e-scrap sector received national analysis this week, when The Washington Post visited a processing facility and explored the danger of lithium-ion battery fires.
The newspaper visited ITAD company Cascade Asset Management in Wisconsin, where employees demonstrated device dismantling 
The displays on smartphones are expected to keep expanding in size, and Apple's upcoming iPhone models will be part of the trend.
The International Data Corporation (IDC), a research group, estimates that large-screen smartphones (those with screens 5.5 inches and larger) will make up nearl
Consumers paid record prices for Apple's iPhone X. A recent analysis shows the refurb market is doing the same.
According to liquidation services firm B-Stock, used versions of the phone have been regularly snapped up by consumers at 85 percent of the original retail price, which was $999.
An emerging retail sales outlet for refurbished phones, tablets and laptops has raised $48 million to help it expand.
Back Market, an online marketplace that recently entered the North American market, raised the money from Paris-based investment groups.
A three-year-old French online marketplace, Back Market provides a sales outlet for refurbishing
An online marketplace for refurbished devices has expanded into the U.S., and company leaders are looking for refurbishers to join the platform.
Back Market does not refurbish products but rather provides a space where refurbished electronics, mostly smartphones, can be 
Daisy, Apple's new device disassembly robot, can dismantle up to 200 devices per hour.[/caption]
When it comes to in-house recycling, Apple is diving deeper into droids.
The OEM laid out the details on its new robot, “Daisy,” in the company’s