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Sorted: Restoring mineral supplies, one junk drawer at a time
12+ hour, 14+ min ago (835+ words) Andras Csontos / Shutterstock Everyone has a pile of used electronics sitting somewhere. Perhaps you keep yours in the kitchen junk drawer, or under your nightstand. Or maybe there’s a weathered box in the garage with a heavily faded “To donate…...
Report finds increase in cell phone trade-ins
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (403+ words) The secondary smartphone market stayed strong to start the year, with consumers increasingly turning to used devices when they switch and getting more for the items they turn in. That’s according to Assurant, which released details in its Q1 2026 “Mobile Trade-In…...
AI and the changing economics of retired hardware
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (680+ words) Quality Stock Arts / Shutterstock Editor’s note: Electronics recycling will be featured in sessions at the 2026 E-Scrap: The Longevity Conference in New Orleans October 26-28. High-performance memory is one of the clearest examples. Demand for advanced DRAM continues to rise as AI…...
ITAD is moving past its adolescent phase: beyond end-of-life
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (301+ words) Editor’s note: Electronics recycling will be featured in sessions at the 2026 E-Scrap: The Longevity Conference in New Orleans October 26-28. ITAD is gradually moving past its adolescent phase and into maturity. Some leading providers are starting to treat AI-era hardware, lifecycle…...
Consumers’ expectations climb along with use of tech: Report
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (448+ words) Anyone who’s ever checked their work email before their morning coffee or used their phone to set up six streaming services on their smart TV knows how intertwined modern life is to the technology we use, but a new report…...
Back-to-school 2026/27: Apple vs. Google
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (412+ words) The Googlebook is a new category of laptops, built on the Android tech stack rather than ChromeOS, designed from the ground up around Gemini AI, and, in Google’s own framing, “premium.” First devices ship this fall from Acer, ASUS, Dell,…...
PC shipments grew in Q1, but questions remain
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (312+ words) Two closely watched PC market reports released in April painted what looked like an encouraging picture for the device market, and by extension, the downstream ITAD and recycling channels that process those devices at end of life. Both Gartner and…...
Google pilots reuse kits to extend device life
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (641+ words) Reuse initiatives are being linked with electronic scrap collection to balance material flows and reduce environmental impact | Closing the Loop Google has launched a pilot effort with refurbished electronics marketplace Back Market and Closing the Loop to extend the life…...
Less premium smartphone inventory is reaching recyclers
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (246+ words) David Daoud is a contributor to Resource Recycling and E-Scrap News, covering IT asset disposition, electronics recycling, and circular IT governance. He is the founder of and current Principal Analyst at Compliance Standards LLC, where he conducts independent research and…...
Former USAID laptops find second life in classrooms
4+ mon, 17+ hour ago (486+ words) Students studying at the University of Livingstonia's new computer lab in Malawi | Credit: World Computer Exchange Former employees of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) donated nearly 300 laptops and 60 smartphones through a device drive that is now supplying…...