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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.

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 - iFixit

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

Opinion

If You Want to Feel Better About E-Waste, You Have to Sell Stuff

People often ask me how to recycle their old gadgets. “He’ll know what to do with this Bluetooth speaker I’ve had in my closet for five years,” they think, “he…

February 5, 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

E-Waste

Google Adds Two Lines, Makes a Huge E-Waste Difference

It was just two lines of text in an obscure support document. But by adding them earlier this week, Google took a big step toward longer-lasting devices, fighting e-waste, and…

October 16, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Skills

How to Survive Without an IT Department

We’ve all had to learn a lot of new skills lately. Some of us have become unpaid IT consultants, with multiple (sometimes fussy) clients, a hodgepodge of devices and systems,…

October 8, 2020

by Sam Goldheart - iFixit

E-Waste

The Newest, Dumbest E-Waste Is Pee-Waste

It is a truth universally acknowledged—by manufacturers—that an analog consumer product must be in want of electronics. Yes, even if you pee on that product. Pregnancy tests are dead simple.…

September 10, 2020

by Sam Goldheart - iFixit