Resellers marketing used electronics through the eBay Refurbished program can now leverage data erasure company Blancco's software to aid in grading the devices.
A teenager from New York state received an honorable mention in the President's Environmental Youth Award program for his work to refurbish electronics.
TES is opening a facility in Virginia to decommission hyperscale data centers, part of the ITAD company's strategy to benefit from the continuing transition of computing power from individual devices to the cloud.
Comcast and several other tech companies recently announced various investments into digital equity, including donations of devices to a program in Thailand and a partnership with Chicago.
Life cycle management services company Clover Environmental Solutions acquired all of America's Remanufacturing Company's operating assets for an undisclosed amount.
A Portland, Ore. commissioner announced the city would be donating its old computers to nonprofit Free Geek to be redistributed, urging other businesses to do so too.
Iron Mountain's asset life cycle business increased its volume of used electronics processed during the first quarter, but a depressed market for electronic components meant much lower revenues.