E-Scrap News Magazine: NewsBits from E-Scrap News
E-Scrap News Magazine: NewsBits from E-Scrap News
NewsBitsSeptember 11, 2015 Atari games dug out of a New Mexico landfill have sold for $108,000 on eBay. The Next Digit reports about 850 games were sold, including one regarded as the worst video game ever created: "E.T. The Extraterrestrial," based on the hit 1982 film and developed in only about a month's time. The excavation of the cartridges was the subject of a documentary called "Atari: Game Over" that was released earlier this year. An alliance of westbound ocean-freight lines has announced it will try to push up rates for shipping recyclable material from North America to Asia. The 15 large shipping lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement system say they’ll move rates upward in October from the current at-cost or below-cost levels. Additional rates increases are recommended for November and December. Wall Street Journal reporter Geoffrey Fowler writes about his experience trying to repair a colleague's TV, delving into the debate over the right to repair. Electronics manufacturers are actively working to impede repair, and home repairs aren't as hard as the manufacturers make them sound, Fowler concludes. Lockport, N.Y. will install a surveillance camera at the city's e-scrap drop-off site, hoping to stop people from illegally dropping appliances there. |
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E-Scrap News Magazine: NewsBits from E-Scrap News
NewsBits September 11, 2015 Atari games dug out of a New Mexico landfill have sold for $108,000 on eBay. The Next Digit reports about 850 games were sold, including one regarded as the worst video game ever created: "E.T. The Extraterrestrial," based on the hit 1982 film and developed in only about a month's time. The excavation of the cartridges was the subject of a documentary called "Atari: Game Over" that was released earlier this year. An alliance of westbound ocean-freight lines has announced it will try to push up rates for shipping recyclable material from North America to Asia. The 15 large shipping lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement system say they’ll move rates upward in October from the current at-cost or below-cost levels. Additional rates increases are recommended for November and December. Wall Street Journal reporter Geoffrey Fowler writes about his experience trying to repair a colleague's TV, delving into the debate over the right to repair. Electronics manufacturers are actively working to impede repair, and home repairs aren't as hard as the manufacturers make them sound, Fowler concludes. Lockport, N.Y. will install a surveillance camera at the city's e-scrap drop-off site, hoping to stop people from illegally…