Category: E-Waste | Page 2

Have you ever thought about what happens to the tech you throw away? E-waste is a special kind of environmental challenge, and you can learn all about it here.

Tech News

RIP CloudReady, but Chrome OS Flex Can Still Save Older Computers

It’s a little disconcerting when a megacorp buys something you love. Especially if that megacorp is Google, a company with infinite resources but finite patience for yesterday’s projects. That’s why…

February 18, 2022

by Kevin Purdy

Activism

A Collection of Amazing Repair Organizations Around the World

Global supply-chain shortages significantly impacted markets in 2021, and while it wasn’t easy, several amazing organizations from around the world managed to keep fixers fixing. This incredible feat allowed people…

February 4, 2022

by Kris Rodriguez

Video

iFixit’s Most Interesting Teardown Finds of 2021

Note: The text below is based on a pre-shooting script for our video, iFixit’s Most Interesting Teardown Finds of 2021. The text may not perfectly match the dialogue in the…

December 15, 2021

by Michael Degnan

Right to Repair

By Fixing Stuff, You’re Fixing the Planet. Happy International Repair Day!

Today is International Repair Day, and it marks a great year for repair. People are fixing more stuff and keeping their stuff longer. Every year we add to our phones’…

October 16, 2021

by Elizabeth Chamberlain

E-Waste

Don’t Upgrade Your Phone (Yet!)

This transcript comes from a pre-written script; it may not perfectly represent the finished video. In the next few months pretty much every company is going to be releasing new…

August 13, 2021

by Michael Degnan

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

Tech News

How Eric Lundgren and BigBattery Are Changing How We Think About “Used” Batteries

When he was 16, Eric Lundgren saw a landfill near his small hometown in northwest Washington, filled with brand-new products. Ever since, he’s been building businesses that try to stand…

April 12, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Two College Roommates and Some Robots: How Podswap Replaces AirPod Batteries

Like most AirPod owners, Emily Alpert found that, after 18 months, her wireless buds didn’t last, not even for one full run. Unlike most AirPod owners, Alpert, along with her…

March 17, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Video

Design, Activism, and Fixing the World: Three Authors Talk with iFixit

“Repair” is not one thing. It’s not just one mission, one organization, or even one law. Repair is the idea that things that once worked should work again, that things…

December 9, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Right to Repair

Maybe Apple Isn’t as Green as It Claims – Bloomberg Opinion

October 19, 2020

by Kevin Purdy