[caption id="attachment_11853" align="aligncenter" width="950"]Apple confirmed its installation of battery-checking software. | gowithstock/Shutterstock[/caption]
Newer iPhone models contain software that effectively impedes third-party battery replacement, according to a repair advocacy group.
[caption id="attachment_11560" align="aligncenter" width="950"]A number of e-scrap-related items were addressed in Dell's 2019 sustainability report. | Courtesy of Dell[/caption]
A global OEM says it has achieved its 2020 electronics recycling and recycled feedstock goals.
Facing a shaky long-term outlook for plastic exports, Sims Recycling Solutions has invested in plastics cleanup systems in the U.S. and the Netherlands.
The global e-scrap recycling and ITAD company in June will commission a plastics sorting system in La Vergne, Tenn., near Nashville.
A major OEM, a reverse logistics firm and a hard drive manufacturer are recovering rare earth magnets from end-of-life hard drives and shipping the metals for new hard drive production.
Dell is working with hard drive manufacturer Seagate and ITAD firm Teleplan on a pilot project that is feeding
Recently released reports detail instances of electronics manufacturers failing to meet recycling and reuse criteria under the EPEAT program last year.
The Green Electronics Council (GEC), a Portland, Ore.
Apple will open a research lab studying new electronics recycling processes, one of several e-scrap-related announcements the company recently made.
The electronics giant on April 18 released
Best Buy, Dell and Xerox were among the equipment manufacturers honored by the federal government for their electronics sustainability efforts.
The Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge Awards
Apple confirmed its installation of battery-checking software. | gowithstock/Shutterstock[/caption]
Newer iPhone models contain software that effectively impedes third-party battery replacement, according to a repair advocacy group.
Microsoft recently submitted comments in opposition to right to repair. | VDB Photos/Shutterstock[/cap
A number of e-scrap-related items were addressed in Dell's 2019 sustainability report. | Courtesy of Dell[/caption]
A global OEM says it has achieved its 2020 electronics recycling and recycled feedstock goals.
Three major electronics brands recently made recycling- and repair-related announcements or released new figures on their materials recovery progress.
Facing a shaky long-term outlook for plastic exports, Sims Recycling Solutions has invested in plastics cleanup systems in the U.S. and the Netherlands.
The global e-scrap recycling and ITAD company in June will commission a plastics sorting system in La Vergne, Tenn., near Nashville.
A major OEM, a reverse logistics firm and a hard drive manufacturer are recovering rare earth magnets from end-of-life hard drives and shipping the metals for new hard drive production.
Dell is working with hard drive manufacturer Seagate and ITAD firm Teleplan on a pilot project that is feeding
Recently released reports detail instances of electronics manufacturers failing to meet recycling and reuse criteria under the EPEAT program last year.
The Green Electronics Council (GEC), a Portland, Ore.
Apple will open a research lab studying new electronics recycling processes, one of several e-scrap-related announcements the company recently made.
The electronics giant on April 18 
Best Buy, Dell and Xerox were among the equipment manufacturers honored by the federal government for their electronics sustainability efforts.
The Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge Awards