Recycling

Apple's efforts to improve its recycling has an end goal of becoming a "closed-loop" manufacturer in the future, an extremely difficult goal to accomplish, and one that would end the need to mine for new materials if achieved by the iPhone maker. The Cupertin…

I see these little disposable batteries all over the place now. In coffe shops, mall kiosks, even bookstores. They're showing up at mucsic festivals, handed out to those who need a quick boost. For $4.99, you can get this little battery for your phone with ju…

Design studio Fyra has fashioned brightly hued interiors for this hassle-free collection point in Helsinki, which includes a recycling area, fitting rooms and product show space. Situated at the heart of Helsinki, Box is a self-service collection point where…

It’s known that our iPhones will outlive us all. In fact, most mixed-material technology from the last few decades does not get properly recycled; waste management systems are not even in place to do so. Thus, as Fast Company states, “the scale of our technol…

Sonos has had a busy transition into the new year. The wireless speaker maker’s recycling program turned problematic, its premium products saw a price increase, and today it sued Google and accused Amazon of stealing its patents. Apple has a small role in the…

An artistic representation of a trash heap beneath a portion of the United States. | Beatrice Jin/POLITICO RENSSELAER, N.Y. Dozens of diesel-engine trucks belching exhaust travel 150 miles north of New York City, hauling tons of construction debris as they r…

When I was living in Japan, I worked at an elementary school. After having lunch, each and every one of the students would take their empty milk cartons and meticulously flatten them. These flattened cartons then all went into the same transparent plastic bag…

I don’t know what your New Year’s resolutions are, but most people are at least a little interested in decluttering their lives. Now that the 2019 holiday season has passed, there’s a good chance you have some old devices laying around that might need recycli…

Sonos’ Trade-Up Program, which offers customers a 30% discount in exchange for recycling older Sonos products, is reportedly environmentally unfriendly. Under the program, Sonos device users have to place the products in “recycle mode” by sending in the seri…

While only a fraction of canners sell to the trucks, within that world there are a dizzying variety of enterprises. There are canners who sell their cans to bigger canners who sell to the trucks. Others buy their friends empties for 3 cents each and sell th…