[caption id="attachment_14875" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Figures show a modest increase in recovery and a decrease in generation were responsible for the recycling rate increase. | penofoto/Shutterstock[/caption]
After declining for multiple years and then remainin
[caption id="attachment_14874" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Research into a self-healable, recyclable PCB material was published in Science Advances. | totojang1977/Shutterstock[/caption]
Researchers at the University of Colorado have developed a thin circuit board material, designed
[caption id="attachment_14481" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Researchers found that mobile shredding of hard drives and other small electronics exposes workers to airborne and surface metals dust, as is the case with in-plant shredding. | Huguette Roe/Shutterstock[/caption]
Researchers have discovered that
[caption id="attachment_14454" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Urban Mining Co. operates a magnet recovery facility just south of Austin. | Courtesy of Urban Mining Co.[/caption]
Urban Mining Co., which uses an innovative process to recycle rare earth magnets, has received financial backing as part of the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_8786" align="aligncenter" width="932"]A number of research projects looking into metal recovery from circuit boards received funding recently. | Borhax/Shutterstock[/caption]
Research focused on recovering precious metals from printed circuit boards received funding from the REMADE Institute.
[caption id="attachment_14261" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Researchers announced advancements in rare earth element recovery using a natural protein.| vilax/Shutterstock[/caption]
Researchers developed a way to recycle e-scrap into a protective coating for steel.
[caption id="attachment_14084" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Second quarter PC shipments this year rose 2.8% compared with the second quarter of 2019. | joyfull/Shutterstock[/caption]
PC shipments were up almost 3% during the second quarter of the year compared with 2019.
[caption id="attachment_13798" align="aligncenter" width="900"]A recent study found thermal events occurring at all stages of the WEEE collection and processing chain. | nongningstudio/Shutterstock[/caption]
A new report notes more and more fires are breaking out in electronics collection and processing facilities
[caption id="attachment_13665" align="aligncenter" width="900"]A recent report suggests that moves toward refurbishment and reuse in the data center sector could reduce greenhouse gas impacts by as much as 24% or more. | Maximumm/Shutterstock[/caption]
ITAD service providers are increasingly communicating the carbon impact of refurbis