Electronics recycling company URT Solutions has partnered with a television manufacturer to voluntarily provide free collection of end-of-life TVs in New Hampshire.
TCL, a Chinese manufacturer of TV display devices as well as appliances, is working with URT on
Puneet Shrivastava of Dell (left) accepts the Design for Recycling Award from ISRI Chair Mark Lewon.[/caption]
Dell last week became the first two-time winner of an award that honors manufacturers that keep recyclability in mind when designing products.
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An appeals court has ruled against Vizio in a case over how Connecticut's state program calculates the recycling fee it charges manufacturers.
Vizio filed suit against the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in 2015, taking issue with the Constitution State’s allocation of funding responsibility.
Samsung’s latest smartphone, the Galaxy S9, was released this month. As some groups scrutinize the device, the manufacturer has announced service upgrades to its authorized repair locations.
SquareTrade, a device insurance company, tested the Galaxy S9 to determine how it stands up to wear and tear.
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Legislation advancing in the state of Washington bans the sale of electronics with permanently affixed or otherwise difficult-to-remove batteries.
First covered by Vice.com's
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Attorneys have asked a federal judge to temporarily halt Apple's iPhone battery recycling program, claiming the company could be destroying critical evidence in a lawsuit.
The filing is part of Harvey v.
Dell has recycled e-plastics from end-of-life devices back into new electronics for years. Now, the global technology company is doing the same thing for gold.
Dell announced it has established an industry-first closed-loop supply chain for the precious metal.
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Apple has been slowing down the performance of iPhones with older batteries, which likely led to more of the smartphones prematurely entering the end-of-life stream.
After customers and media reports expressed suspicion last month that the company was artificially slowing devices, Apple
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