Industry Announcements

Tech news outlet Rest of World profiled how phone resellers in India are outcompeting Apple on iPhone sales.  CNE Direct rebranded to

Ascend Elements signed a multiyear contract to supply $1 billion worth of recycled battery materials to an unnamed U.S.

Assurant reported that the average value of traded-in iPhones increased to over $200 in the first quarter of 2023, the highest amount since the third quarter of 2021. ERI

Cirba Solutions partnered with venture capital firm Volta Energy Technologies to create a closed-loop system for batteries.  Canadian nonprofit Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA) will be

AES signed a recycling services agreement with SOLARCYCLE and launched a pilot program to study construction breakage rates and end-of-life solar panels.  The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery

ERI received Verizon's annual Supplier Sustainability Award. Repairable phone manufacturer Fairphone debuted a fully repairable set of over-ear headphones.

Call2Recycle and VMX International signed a two-year agreement for VMX to provide EV battery collection and transportation from dealerships, auto dismantlers, manufacturing plants and vehicle/battery incident scenes.  ER2

Aqua Metals and 6K Energy partnered to develop low-carbon conversion technology to recycle materials into battery-grade cathode active material precursors, with the goal of supporting production of sustainable lithium-ion batteries.  Color

Dave Kowaleski, president and general manager of American Baler Company, retired after 47 years.

Researchers at Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology developed a "gentle method" to remove and reuse precious metals from thin-film solar cells.  Elgin Recycling joined TERRA's