Collection

The Circular Electronics Partnership's plan for a circular electronics chain takes a close look at barriers and solutions at every stage, laying out what needs to be done by manufacturers, governments and other organizations.

Consumers are keeping their smartphones for longer than ever before, with the average age of a phone at turn-in surpassing 3.5 years.

Redwood Materials is tapping into the outreach and organizing power of Rotary Clubs, allowing the major lithium-ion battery processor to collect household e-scrap and batteries from across the U.S.

Recycling industry professionals, including big names in the electronics reuse and recycling realm, explain how they're using innovative strategies to cope with sky-high diesel prices.

[caption id="attachment_18869" align="aligncenter" width="900"] E-scrap collection in South Carolina is set to undergo some major modifications. | Jon Bilous/Shutterstock[/caption] South Carolina's e-scrap program will be seeing significant changes in the

Vodafone and Closing the Loop have partnered together with the goal of recycling one used device from a country that lacks formal recycling capacity for every phone Vodafone sells in Germany.

Washington state's e-scrap program released a report outlining the sentiments of community officials when it comes to collection convenience and more. Meanwhile, Wisconsin's E-Cycle program awarded a round of grant funding.

The looming wave of lithium-ion batteries that will need to be recycled generated an engaged discussion at the Northeast Recycling Council’s Spring 2022 Conference.

South Carolina's legislature is working out the final details on a bill that eliminates weight targets for electronics collection and instead aims to give consumers easy access to drop off items.

COVID impacts and ongoing trends in the materials stream made a major impact on the North Carolina state e-scrap program last year.