refurbishment/reuse

By rr_test_admin, 29 July, 2021
[caption id="attachment_10655" align="aligncenter" width="900"]A smartphone being repaired with tools. A policy statement includes several specific actions FTC will take and other steps it is asking the public to take. | Alexey Kabanov / Shutterstock[/caption] The Federal Trade Commission last week pledged to heighten enforcement acti
By rr_test_admin, 9 July, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16232" align="aligncenter" width="900"]The White House in Washington, D.C. The executive action comes during a time of ramped-up activity in the right-to-repair realm. | Sean Pavone / Shutterstock[/caption] The White House is encouraging federal regulators to protect independent repair of consumer electronics, agri
By rr_test_admin, 1 July, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16197" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Microsoft company logo on building. Microsoft declined to comment on the shareholder resolution, but a company spokesperson pointed to Microsoft's Devices Sustainability Report for the 2020 fiscal year.| Eric Glenn / Shutterstock[/caption] An advocacy group filed a share
By rr_test_admin, 24 June, 2021
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="950"]View of the U.S. Capitol building with blue sky. Proposed national legislation follows a flurry of state right-to-repair bills that were introduced this year. | EQRoy / Shutterstock[/caption] A federal lawmaker has introduced legislation requiring electronics manufacturers to provide resources facilitating independent device repair.
By rr_test_admin, 17 June, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16083" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]New York capitol building in Albany. The New York Senate approved right-to-repair legislation on the same day the state's legislative session concluded. | Harold Stiver / Shutterstock[/caption] The New York State Senate this month voted in favor of legislation providing public acces
By rr_test_admin, 17 June, 2021
[caption id="attachment_16082" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Stacked mobile phones. The company noted the investment money will be used to build and deploy thousands of automated kiosks across the U.S., Europe and Asia. | goir / Shutterstock[/caption] Mobile device collector and resale firm ecoATM Gazelle has raised $75 million to roll out its automated k
By rr_test_admin, 4 June, 2021
[caption id="attachment_15967" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]iFixit headquarters in California. Three years ago, repair advocacy group iFixit partnered with Samsung to support the Galaxy Upcycling project. | Resource Recycling file photo[/caption] Once a partner in Samsung's "Galaxy Upcycling" project, device repair organization iFixit now says the OEM has watered down the in
By rr_test_admin, 20 May, 2021
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Back Market works with 1,500 sellers on its used device marketplace platform. | OtmarW / Shutterstock[/caption] Back Market this week announced an investment round delivering the company $335 million, the latest large dollar figure raised by the refurbished electronics business. The company, which