Sustainability & Right to Repair

4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (231+ words) At EACR, sustainability has never been an afterthought. It has been at the center of what we do for more than 25 years. As technology advances and organizations replace aging equipment, responsible electronics disposal remains an important environmental concern. According to…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago   (376+ words) Wi-Fi crawling for days at his parents' place, pages that take forever to load, and nobody can figure out where it's coming from. An American IT guy known as Nomad finally opened the UniFi dashboard, Ubiquiti's networking system that breaks…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (310+ words) Updated 9 Oct 2026 South Africa’s Competition Commission has published final guidelines on who gets to repair your phone, laptop, TV and other electronics, and it is warning manufacturers against practices that shut out independent repair shops. Even if you don’t live…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago   (168+ words) The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said Monday that it is looking at requiring a mandatory one year repair or replacement warranty for refurbished phones. The agency said that it is already drafting rules to make it more affordable and protect…...

13+ hour, 29+ min ago   (494+ words) IRISH CONSUMERS ARE fuelling a “fast tech” trend of low-cost, small electronic items, leading to a mountain of discarded e-waste, new data has revealed. In the 12 months to July 2026, almost half of Irish people (44%) discarded a fast-tech item – usually bought…...

10+ hour, 24+ min ago   (720+ words) Apple’s AirPods are arguably the most iconic headphones ever. The small, glossy, stylish buds are lauded for both their sound and design and are worn by hundreds of millions of people across the globe. But come next year, those hundreds…...

13+ hour, 47+ min ago   (417+ words) Irish consumers are fuelling a “fast tech” trend of lowcost, small electronic items, leading to a mountain of discarded E-waste, data shows, writes Sarah Slater. In the 12 months to this July, 44% of Irish people discarded a fast tech item unused,…...

15+ hour, 32+ min ago   (499+ words) Irish consumers are fuelling a “fast tech” trend of low-cost, small electronic items, leading to a mountain of discarded electrical goods, known e-waste, data has revealed. In the 12 months to last July, almost half of Irish people (44 per cent) discarded…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (531+ words) Irish consumers are fuelling a "fast tech" trend of low-cost, small electronic items, leading to a mountain of discarded e-waste, new data has revealed. In the 12 months to July 2026, almost half of Irish people (44 per cent) discarded a fast-tech item…...

16+ hour, 36+ min ago   (132+ words) https://news.brgbuildingsolutions.com/ Vietnam: Panasonic Vietnam Co. Ltd. has partnered with electronics retailer Cao Phong Co. Ltd., operator of the Cho Lon store chain, to launch a pilot electronic waste collection programme across southern and central Vietnam from October 2026 to March 2027, initially…...