Leveraging WEEE deposits could aid future industries
The process of collecting Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is completed through the use of a multitude of streams, which are dedicated to different waste categories. These categories include size, depollution needs and finally specific treatment criteria. In France, an organisation called ecosystem has been set up and this organisation processes household WEEE through […]
Improvements for cell phones has been shown by right-to-repair scorecard
Through a “Failing to Fix” scorecard, data around which electronics are more repairable and which electronics have not improved has been collected. This year, data showed that U.S. Public Interest Research Group stated that ‘cell phones overall are getting more repairable, while laptops have stagnated.’ The first version of the U.S. PIRG scorecard came out […]
Cascade Asset Management has been acquired by Sage Sustainable Electronics
Sage Sustainable Electronics, is an Ohio-based company and is also well-known as a Closed Loop Partners portfolio company. They have recently acquired Cascade asset Management, an information technology asset disposition (ITAD) company. This agreement was finalised through Closed Loop Partners’ buoyant private equity group, which was focused on both buying and building platforms, which would […]
Garner Products’ DiskMantler recognised by DOE E-Scrap Prize
An announcement has been made by Garner Products, a company based in California, specifically Roseville. This announcement stated that the company has won the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electronics Scrap Recycling Advancement (E-SCRAP) Prize. The company won this award for their DiskMantler and in particular for the approach they took towards hard drive disassembly. Their […]
Electronic Waste Recycling Market expected to grow and reach USD 94.2 billion by 2032
Right now the Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Recycling Market is going through a period of rapid growth and this is being driven by an increase in environmental awareness. The other factor driving this increase is the rapid rate at which the volumes of discarded electronic devices are growing, across the globe. It was in 2023 when […]
Chip-free wireless tag is proven to be more sustainable and is shown to help cut e-waste
Engineers from the University of Glasgow, recently spoke about a new wireless tag which is groundbreaking and innovative within the e-waste industry. This tag is able to identify objects, as well as measure temperature and it is able to do this without the need to rely on integrated circuits. This paper in which they spoke […]
Reducing ELV circularity targets holds the risk of negatively impacting Europe’s recycling efforts
The draft report produced by the European Parliament, which focuses on the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Regulation, has raised concerns about circularity within the automotive sector. This report is still under discussion, however, FEAD, EuRIC, PRE, T&E, ECOS and EEB have all made it clear that it is extremely important for policymakers to adhere to the […]
A suspension of the Raw Materials partnership with Rwanda has been called for by the EU Parliament
A recent announcement revealed that lawmakers have cited evidence of interference within the conflict in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. The European Union’s industry has a strong reliance on a wide range of resources and a lot of these resources are produced in a limited number of countries, one of these is China. Now […]
Partnership between Currys and Deloitte encourages Tech Recycling
Currys has agreed to support Deloitte’s new ‘Recycle for Good’ launch. This support will help to encourage Deloitte’s 25,000 UK people to recycle both their old tech and electricals at Currys stores. In recent years it has become increasingly clear that more and more people recognise that recycling technology is the right thing to do. […]
India has an e-waste explosion
Reportedly, within the past five years, India has had an increase of 72.54% in e-waste. This is shown from having 1.01 million tonnes in 2019-20 to 1.751 million tonnes in 2023-24. It has also been made clear that the largest time of increase, which was between 2019-20 and 2020-21, occurred due to a rise in […]
