Some call it “bridging the digital divide” and “helping the poor.” However, a recent New York Times article posts a different opinion on the afterlife of the millions of American cellphones junked each year. As the slightly used cellphones pile up, women and children of developing countries burn mountains of e-waste, smash batteries and cook …
Warehouses worldwide are saturated with used mobile devices ready to be either recycled or refurbished. It is increasingly more difficult to process these mobile devices with mere manpower. That’s were automation comes into play. The amount of mobile handsets returned to warehouses and distribution centers is exponentially growing every quarter, making reverse logistics of these …
The industry is thriving but one sector is not so lucky. The electronics recycling industry is one of the most lucrative recycling industries today. However, the circuit board category is on a slow downward slop. Losing seven percent of its value from the previous month, “the scrap circuit board index has declined every month since …
In an effort to promote proper e-waste recycling, Texas has moved to require ITAD vendors electronics recyclers to acquire a third-party certification. “This is an important step towards making sure that the laws we passed on e-waste recycling actually promote recycling, not dumping,” said Robin Schneider, TCE executive director. House Bill 3465, requiring e-waste recyclers …
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You can bend it all you want, this glass will not break! Big shots in the mobile device industry have allocated funds to the research and development of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) glass, more commonly known as flexible glass. Let’s take a look at what companies have in store for the future of OLED displays. …
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