United States – Arguing that today’s copyright laws make the USA ‘the only country where recyclers do not have the ability to unlock devices’, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has approved a new policy supporting the industry in opening up electronics such as computers and returning reusable products to the marketplace.
‘The current system limits recyclers and consumers when it comes to extending the life and reusing cell phones and tablets,’ says ISRI president Robin Wiener. This antiquated mindset stands in the way of new innovations and competitive uses.
‘Allowing electronics recyclers and refurbishers to unlock these devices will help encourage the reuse of used electronics products and thus avoid the unnecessary and wasteful disposal of these products in landfills,’ Wiener argues.
Changing or, rather, updating the US copyright law to allow unlocking will help not just ISRI but ‘the entire electronics recycling industry’, comments Jim Levine, president of Regency Technologies and chairman of ISRI’s Electronics Division. Such a move is necessary to maximise the reuse value of devices, he says.
For more information, visit: www.isri.org
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