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Refurbishment Arrives On the Big Stage

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This past July the Obama Administration announced its National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship. It is the United States' first comprehensive policy that addresses the proper handling of used or discarded electronics devices. A federal Interagency Task Force on Electronics Stewardship developed the national strategy.

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Why TechSoup Product Donations and Donors Are Green

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It's the largest manufacturer in the world of network routers , switches , wireless security devices , and other equipment that connects all of us to each other and the Internet. More than 99 percent of Cisco's electronics sent for processing are recycled. Cisco: Improving Environmental Efforts on Multiple Fronts.

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iFixit’s Basic Phone Repairs that Most of Us Can Do

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We do it because most large electronics companies don’t release repair instructions to their customers. I’m sure those policies make sense to manufacturers of electronics. But repair-unfriendly policies certainly don’t make sense to me: those policies hurt customers and they hurt the environment.

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Mobile for Good: A Low-Key CES 2014

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It feels odd to use "CES" and "low-key" in the same sentence because the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is anything but. While I don't quite understand the appeal of large-display smartphones and tablets, they must be popular since manufacturers keep coming out with them. Bigger Devices, Faster Chipsets.