OEMs

Cyclic Materials received an investment from Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund to accelerate the company's technology for recovering rare earth metals from hard drives.

Samsung collected 1.3 billion pounds of end-of-life electronics last year, its largest ever single-year global collection figure.

OEM Verizon is rolling out a program for businesses to supply their employees with smartphones, to manage those devices during use and to collect and facilitate recycling of the smartphones every two years.

As more companies look to address e-scrap recovery, some are moving away from gentle dismantling and instead aiming for speed – and Apple is now one of them.

Lawmakers in Rhode Island are considering a broad electronics right-to-repair bill that would ban parts pairing and currently does not include any exemptions. 

After two years of trying – and some public pushing – iFixit ended its partnership with Samsung, citing the OEM's lack of commitment. 

Colorado would expand its current right-to-repair law to include consumer devices and business computing under a bill that's been sent to the governor. 

Several months after announcing it planned to offer extended support for Windows 10, Microsoft named its price for schools and businesses – the cost for individuals is still yet to be announced. 

A bill to ensure that consumers have the right to repair most electronics and appliances is on its way to the desk of Oregon's governor.

A lithium-ion battery recycling technology company is looking to build regional supply chains by providing recyclers and manufacturers with modular units that can take batteries from black mass to pCAM.