Sorted: Restoring mineral supplies, one junk drawer at a time
Industry experts say educating businesses and their customers about how to turn in used electronic devices can free up useful elements.
Paul Lane is an award-winning journalist who joined Resource Recycling in June 2026 after working for several years in corporate communications and at various local news outlets. He can be reached at paul.lane@dev.resource-recycling.com.
Industry experts say educating businesses and their customers about how to turn in used electronic devices can free up useful elements.
An electronics recycling law in Michigan has helped, but strengthening that law while expanding services and education could further boost recycling rates across the state. That was among the key points of a recent Spark podcast, which is hosted by Wisconsin-based ITAD company Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations. Host Casey Hines, who’s also a sales executive with Dynamic, spoke with Steve Noble,...
A Midwest consortium plans to use the money to build up domestic mineral recovery and processing efforts.
New CEO will take over for the nonprofit group’s founder next week.
Linca will share facilities but operate separately from Mint Innovation, which is building a metal recovery facility in Texas.
The British metal recovery company is preparing its first demonstration facility to begin processing later this year.
Price increases combined with a likely foldable iPhone could result in changes across the used device marketplace.
Players in the preowned mobile device industry say continual self-evaluation will help them adapt to a changing marketplace.
Price, trust and supply issues will create the chasm that separates the next wave of players in the second-hand mobile device industry from those who can’t adapt, industry insiders say.
Mapleview Energy is testing the use of older EV batteries to store solar energy gathered on a farm in Fergus, Ontario.
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