refurbishment/reuse

By rr_test_admin, 16 July, 2020
[caption id="attachment_14083" align="aligncenter" width="900"]iPhone opened for repair. Apple recently announced the company's Independent Repair Provider Program is now open to repair firms in Europe and Canada. | Kevin Khoo/Shutterstock[/caption] Apple this month described the growth of a program that provides some
By rr_test_admin, 25 June, 2020
[caption id="attachment_2486" align="aligncenter" width="800"]An open laptop. European trends suggest that end consumers are becoming more open to buying used electronics. | MaxFrost/Shutterstock[/caption] With OEMs struggling to produce and ship new electronics during coronavirus-triggered shutdowns, a new willingness to buy refurbished devices has sprouted in Europe, according
By rr_test_admin, 22 June, 2020
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]Back[/dropcap] in the early 2000s when I started my work to help develop the ITAD and refurbishment field, electronics reuse was actually not regarded as an importa
By rr_test_admin, 18 June, 2020
[caption id="attachment_7180" align="aligncenter" width="690"]Computer towers gathered for recycling. The Coalition for American Electronics Recycling is calling for a change to Executive Order 12999, which directs federal agencies to distribute retired assets to nonprofit organizations for refurbishment and distribution to schools. | Fedor Sidorov/Shutters
By rr_test_admin, 18 June, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13892" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Copyright key on a keyboard. Medical device manufacturer Steris sent a letter to iFixit demanding repair manuals be removed from the firm's website. | mtkang/Shutterstock[/caption] Repair support organization iFixit has received a threatening letter from a medical device manufacture
By rr_test_admin, 11 June, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13846" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Microsoft company building exterior. Microsoft on June 4 sent an email to companies participating in its Registered Refurbisher Program notifying them the program will end later this year. | mardon 333/Shutterstock[/caption] Over 1,700 North American compute
By rr_test_admin, 4 June, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13796" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Apple logo outside a company store. Apple recently won its appeal in a case centered on a repair company's use of mobile screens that Apple claimed were counterfeit parts. | Vytautas Kielaitis/Shutterstock[/caption] Norway's top court ruled against
By rr_test_admin, 29 May, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13761" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Business documents on a table with a laptop. Leaders with S3 Recycling Solutions said the company was fortunate to have strong cash flow during business slowdowns in April and May. | jannoon028/Shutterstock[/caption] Tennessee processor S3 Recycling Solutions is in a perio
By rr_test_admin, 21 May, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13718" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A leader at Sagent explained that the company has seen increased demand for its refurbished IT equipment because of a surge in network activity. | hxdbzxy/Shutterstock[/caption] A company involved in data center and wireless provider decommissioning foresees a "new normal" of highe