[caption id="attachment_14083" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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
[caption id="attachment_2486" align="aligncenter" width="800"]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
[caption id="attachment_13961" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Global e-scrap and ITAD firm TES operates 38 facilities in more than 20 countries. | Koy_Hipster/Shutterstock[/caption]
Singapore-headquartered ITAD provider TES is adding a third U.S.
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[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
[caption id="attachment_7180" align="aligncenter" width="690"]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
[caption id="attachment_13892" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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
[caption id="attachment_13846" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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
[caption id="attachment_13796" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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
[caption id="attachment_13761" align="aligncenter" width="900"]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
[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