Category: Recycling

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.

Repairability

You Can’t Even Replace The Battery in the “Green” Suri Toothbrush

When the “sustainable” electric toothbrush company Suri first started getting buzz, we were hopeful. The electric toothbrush space has been full of disposable, unrepairable junk for a long time, and…

May 7, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Roundups

Activation Locks Are Trashing Millions of Usable Phones, Refurbishers Tell the FCC

Every week, we get a roundup of recent developments in Right to Repair news, courtesy of Jack Monahan from Fight to Repair, a reader-supported publication. Sign up to receive updates in your…

August 17, 2024

by Jack Monahan - iFixit

E-Waste

Apple’s Recycling Program Forced Recyclers to Shred Over 530,000 Repairable iPhones

With Earth Day approaching, Apple is bragging about their “free” iPhone recycling program—you can bring your device in and trade it in for a discount on a new iPhone, if…

April 19, 2024

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

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 - iFixit

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 - iFixit

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 - iFixit

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