Can a manufacturer close the loop on its own products, or does circularity only work when recyclers, municipalities, and the people designing the next unit are all in the room? On this episode of the Resource Recycling Podcast, host Uriah Kiser talks with Andrea Murphy, Director of Environmental Affairs at Panasonic Corporation of North America.

A certified recycler stamp is not proof of ethical downstream management. That’s the core point Jim Puckett, founder and chief of strategic direction at the Basel Action Network, brings to this episode of the Resource Recycling Podcast.

Uriah Kiser sits down with Matthew Young of Electronics Value Recovery and Emily Chapman of Resource Recycling for a full look inside the 2026 E-Scrap Awards. The awards ceremony closes the E-Scrap Conference on October 28 in New Orleans, and this episode walks through every category, every nominee, and the gong show Uriah is hosting for the first time.

The hallway is where the e-scrap deals get done. Resource Live sits down with the people running the 2026 E-Scrap Conference in New Orleans and asks why this is still the show the industry notices if you skip.

When a global PC maker takes devices back, what share actually gets a second life, and who decides? Stefan Larsen, Lenovo’s global sustainability services leader, is the manufacturer voice on this episode of the Resource Recycling Podcast. He runs customer-facing environmental services from Copenhagen: take-back, a certified second life, and advice before the purchase order is signed.