Two recent teardowns dug into the guts of Apple's latest device, yielding insights on repairability and the estimated cost of the phone's components.
Device repair hub iFixit conducted a teardown of the phone and gave it a 6 out of 10 on the repairability scale (10 denotes eas
Nearly 300 IT product refurbishing experts convened in New Orleans this week to consider industry trends and to address barriers to growth.
A Samsung Galaxy phone is repurposed through the Galaxy Upcycling project.[/caption]
The world's largest handset producer has launched a reuse program that will allow consumers to repurpose their old mobile devices.
As described by 
Sims Recycling Solutions' consolidation of U.S. e-scrap shredding operations yielded financial benefits and more clearly drew a line between its shredding and reuse activities.
Are Apple's new iPhones environmentally friendly?
Kyle Wiens of iFixit speaks at E-Scrap 2017.[/caption]
Repair is a growing portion of the e-scrap field, and experts predict it will continue to increase as companies learn the revenue that can be realized by reusing rather than shredding certain good-quality components.
Advocates also point to the ro
Last Tuesday and Wednesday, dozens of industry experts took to the stage in Orlando to discuss the trends and challenges shaping electronics recovery right now.
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There was a clear thread woven through E-Scrap 2017: Reuse and refurbishment activities are dramatically increasing in the end-of-life electronics management industry.
Bolstering domestic markets is a logical way to reduce exports, and that concept is behind a just-announced program that's tied to an e-scrap certification.
The e-Stewards Digital Equity program facilitates communication and exchange of electronics between enterprise companies, e-Stewards-certified recycling companies, and U.S.
The average resale price for desktop computers and laptops has grown over the past two and a half years, according to a report by a prominent ITAD company.
Cascade Asset Management has published reports on resale value trends on a mostly annual basis since 2007, generally looking at three years of data.