Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent mobile, technology, and electronic recycling news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 8/13-8/17. New smartphone shows hardware innovation is slowing down While the latest smartphones to hit the market have been impressive on the inside, on the hardware side of things the handsets aren’t showing …
Binghamton University researchers say that they have created a biodegradable, paper-based battery that is more efficient than they previously thought before. Of course, there have been other paper-based batteries proposed before. However, the proposals in the past might have been eco-friendly alternatives, but the designs were never quite powerful enough and were difficult at best …
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For the past decade, the European Commission has been pushing handset manufacturers to introduce a common mobile phone charger after citing more than 51,000 tons of electronic waste yearly from old smartphone chargers alone. There have been many complaints from both Apple and Samsung users on the inconvenience of using different mobile phone chargers. Whether …
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Every year, millions of televisions, phones and other electronic equipment are being discarded, despite them being a rich source of metals. Thanks to e-waste mining, the industry not only has the potential to see immense growth but to find innovative ways to keep our planet sustainable. Professor Veena Sahajwalla’s conducts “urban mining,” which is simply …
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While smartphones are becoming more innovative on the inside, major design changes to hardware seem to be slowing down. Besides bezel-free displays and thinner handsets, smartphone manufacturers have yet to ‘wow’ consumers with hardware innovation in quite some time. In fact, Samsung’s new smartphone illustrates the limits of innovation at a time when hardware advances …
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Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent electronic recycling, technology and mobile news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 8/06-8/10. U.S. electronic goods recycling market worth $15.23 billion by 2025 Driven by rapid industrialization, increasing demand for automobiles and consumer electronics, and the growing need to manage proper utilization of natural resources …
We’ve all been warned about how apps that we use are tracking our every move and store away our private information. But what if we told you that you may need to be wary of your smartphone screen as well? Researchers have revealed that the way you swipe, pinch and tap your smartphone screens could …
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Global e-scrap flows may have helped China dominate the lithium-ion battery recycling industry, but they have hampered similar efforts in the U.S., according to a recently published report titled “The lithium-ion battery end-of-life market 2018-2025,” conducted by U.K. research firm circular Energy Storage. This year, 179,000 metric tons of lithium-ion batteries will reach end-of-life globally, …
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Just a few years ago, many would have never guessed that the refurbished phones market would grow to be the size that it is today. As early as 2013 we began to hear inklings of people being interested in a refurbished phone market despite a majority feeling skeptical at the such a market becoming successful. …
The U.S. electronic goods recycling market size is expected to reach USD 15.23 billion by 2025. Factors such as rapid industrialization, increasing demand for automobiles and consumer electronics, and growing need to manage proper utilization of natural resources are expected to propel demand for electronic goods recycling over the forthcoming years. According to the Institute …
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