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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Scott Vander Kooy, president of Comprenew, signs a contract with Goodwill of Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan in late March.[/caption]
A nonprofit e-scrap processor's expansion into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan provides a case study in how service area reach can be widened without incurring major capital costs.
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India opened the door last week to imports of products that will be repaired and re-exported out the country, a move that could have significant implications for the electronics reuse sector.
According to an 
A cryptocurrency mining rig (photo courtesy of Filmar Technologies)[/caption]
When Serdar Bankaci went looking for a graphics card recently, he found frustration instead.
"I personally was looking for a graphics card for gaming for myself, and I couldn't find anything," he said.
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.
Linda Li, chief strategy officer of LTG, speaking at the E-Scrap Conference in 2017[/caption]
The e-scrap arm of Arrow Electronics handled nearly 6.3 million used devices last year, 44 percent of which were redeployed, sold or donated for reuse.
The publicly traded company, which had global sales of $28.6 billion in 2017, distributes electronics components and provides related services.
The Wall Street Journal recently wrote about how changing smartphone markets are opening up business opportunities in the used phone sector.
A lithium-ion battery expert says smartphone reuse trends will hamper the ability to use mobile device batteries as a major source of cobalt.
Hans Eric Melin, managing director of consultancy Creation Inn, recently 
Two recent surveys explored consumer expectations when it comes to the management of recovered electronics.
One survey, commissioned by a new group called the Security Innovation Center (SIC), looked at the public's concerns about data security and privacy around used internet-connected devices