One for one’ project pairs new phones with old
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.
Marissa Heffernan worked at Resource Recycling from January 2022 through June 2025, first as staff reporter and then as associate editor. Marissa Heffernan started working for Resource Recycling in January 2022 after spending several years as a reporter at a daily newspaper in Southwest Washington. After developing a special focus on recycling policy, they were also the editor of the monthly newsletter Policy Now.
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.
HP used three companies to refurbish and reuse its devices in 2021 and about 40 recyclers, according to its annual report.
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.
European Union officials are embarking on research to collect more palladium, lithium and other materials from the waste stream.
With a little help from The Recycling Partnership's Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, a Fresno-based MRF has entered the world of robotics.
All eyes are on the Golden State as environmental groups and industry representatives work on a deadline to push either extended producer responsibility legislation or a plastics-focused ballot measure.
Canada has banned a wide range of single-use plastics, effective by the end of the year for most items, and is looking to implement new labeling laws as well.
All eyes are on the Golden State as environmental groups and industry representatives work on a deadline to push either extended producer responsibility legislation or a plastics-focused ballot measure.
Connecticut's attorney general sued Reynolds Consumer Products over the marketing of its Hefty trash bags as recyclable, bringing truth-in-labeling lawsuits to another U.S. state.
European recyclers are struggling to get enough material, even as exports of plastics decline and values rise.
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