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.
A major OEM will voluntarily monitor its downstream e-scrap movement with a GPS tracking service from the Basel Action Network (BAN).
Samsung will begin using BAN's EarthEye service.
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.
Major electronics manufacturers Dell and HP recently released their yearly corporate sustainability reports, showing their achievements in material sourcing, design for repair and closed-loop recovery.
Increasing closed-loop efforts
HP achieved a 17 percent recycling rate for its products worldwide last year, according to its
Apple has been penalized by the Australian government for attempting to mislead consumers on whether device warranties are still effective once the device has been serviced by a non-Apple-authorized repair entity.
The Fed
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The Basel Action Network has launched a commercial tracking service to monitor e-scrap flows, and its first customer is an OEM that was lambasted by the watchdog group over e
A $25,000 grant will help a Nebraska processor achieve R2 certification, part of a larger effort to boost e-scrap recycling capacity in the Cornhusker State.
Omaha-based Sadoff E-Recycling & Data Destruction received the grant, which was funded by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and awarded by the Northeast Recycling Coun
[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