A UK phone recycling scheme managed by Telecommunications company O2 has achieved an important milestone in 2019. Set up ten years ago, more than three million handsets have been recycled and [...]
A Victorian ban on e-waste being dumped in skips or bins destined for landfill comes into force from July 1st. The ban follows a similar decision of the South Australian government in 2013. [...]
Australian Battery recycling will be a major growth industry during the next decade. Unfortunately, issues are emerging with inadequate investment and poor safety procedures in some operations. [...]
Recycled lithium batteries are being used in more automotive applications. In Germany used lithium batteries from Audi cars are being reused in forklift trucks in the car manufacturer’s factory. [...]
New research by Mobile Muster suggests that there are millions of old phones gathering dust in Aussie homes. Furthermore their work suggests people are holding on to phones for years. 23 [...]
2017 Battery collection in the US exceeds expectations according to North America’s leading battery recycling programme, Call2Recycle. A total of 8 million pounds of batteries were collected from [...]
New ways of extracting e-scrap metals are being researched by Ireland’s University College Cork. Current recovery rates of recycled copper, aluminium, steel and solder from e-scarp waste average [...]
The global battery recycling market continues to grow and was estimated to be worth $10 billion in 2017. According to new figures published by ‘Transparency Market Research’ the compound annual [...]
Victoria’s e-waste is projected to rise from 109,000 tonnes in 2015 to 256,000 tonnes by 2035. This growth suggests a significant opportunity to capture valuable materials for recovery and [...]
Mobile phone trade-in programs are achieving solid growth in the UK, with Intellibox now having rolled out 70 of a planned 1500 ATM-style phone trade-in for cash kiosks across the UK. Kiosks are [...]