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Recycling should come after we’ve got every bit of use out of a product. Read up on how to properly recycle your gadgets, and who’s already doing it right.

Recycling

Apple’s New AirPods Are Telling Users to Replace the Batteries Already. Too Bad That’s Impossible

Just a week after the launch of Apple’s AirPod Pro 2, new owners started receiving an unusual alert: It was, apparently, time to replace their batteries soon. This is unusual,…

October 5, 2022

by Sam Goldheart

E-Waste

Why Electronics Rely on Glue—and Why They Shouldn’t

Glue can fix a lot of everyday problems. It’ll stick a broken vase back together, help you make a sweet collage, and it often keeps your electronics in one piece.…

August 10, 2022

by Lauren Greenlee - iFixit

Roundups

How Apple’s Self-Repair Program Is Engineered To Fail: Repair Roundup, Week of May 23

One month after Apple pulled the covers off its Self Service Repair program people wonder if it is engineered to fail.

May 28, 2022

by Paul Roberts - iFixit

Product Design

Apple can upgrade individual iPhone SE parts, can you?

Apple is upgrading specs without wasting money on a whole new phone, why should you? Cameras get better, batteries get more efficient, and processors get speedier, and the only way…

May 4, 2022

by Sam Goldheart

Roundups

Advocates Sour On Apple’s Repair Program: Repair Roundup Week of April 25

Apple pulled the covers off its Self-Service Repair program. It’s a big win for consumers...and also a reminder of why we need a legal right to repair our stuff.

April 29, 2022

by Paul Roberts - iFixit

E-Waste

Happy Earth Day! The Greenest Phone Is the One You’ve Got

What's the most environmentally friendly phone? The answer is simpler than you might think: It's the one you've already got.

April 22, 2022

by Elizabeth Chamberlain

Right to Repair

Homeboy Electronics Turns Junk into Jobs. Right to Repair Could Help.

Most electronics recyclers just put devices through a shredder, but at Homeboy Electronics Recyclers in Los Angeles, recycling isn’t enough: They’re on track to fix and refurbish more than 15,000…

July 14, 2021

by Elizabeth Chamberlain

Recycling

Happy Earth Day! Don’t Recycle.

We all grew up with the old mantra: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. But when it comes to electronics, recycling should be the final resort. Last year, 1.75 billion phones were sold…

April 22, 2021

by Kyle Wiens

Recycling

How Long Can We Rely On Mineral Raw Materials for Tech? – Medium

September 10, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Recycling

Three Ways Europe is Pushing the Circular Economy Forward

There’s not a lot of good news out of the U.S. about recycling and waste lately. Cities are cancelling recycling, plastic is overwhelmingly everywhere, and e-waste is described as “a…

September 12, 2019

by Kevin Purdy