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About Marissa Heffernan

Marissa HeffernanMarissa Heffernan started working for Resource Recycling in January 2022 after spending several years as a reporter at a daily newspaper in Southwest Washington. She can be contacted at [email protected].

Feds loan $2B to Redwood Materials to build facility

Published: February 15, 2023
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Close-up of a Li-ion battery.

Redwood’s McCarran, Nev. campus will eventually produce about 100,000 metric tons of cathode active materials and 36,000 metric tons of ultra-thin battery-grade copper foil each year. | Allyson Kitts/Shutterstock

Redwood Materials has secured a major loan from the federal government, with some strings attached, to help build out its Nevada lithium-ion battery recycling campus. 

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Compliance Standards launches awareness campaign

Published: February 8, 2023
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“The ITAD Academy 2023” will educate IT leaders and managers on proper IT asset disposition practices, among other goals. | NicoElNino/Shutterstock

ITAD advising firm Compliance Standards launched an advertising and marketing initiative to showcase best practices in IT asset disposition. 

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ITAD company sees quick growth, $4M in four months

Published: February 1, 2023
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Angola, Ind.-based Refreshed Tech brought in 148,000 units for refurbishment between its founding in August 2022 and the end of the same year. | Courtesy of Refreshed Tech

Refreshed Tech closed 2022 with $4 million in sales after just four months of operation and is poised to triple its sales and double its staff in 2023.

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Canadian government invests $1.9M in e-scrap recycler Excir

Published: January 25, 2023
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Circuit boards gathered for recycling.

Excir’s award is part of an overall sum of over $25 million Canadian dollars granted by the federal Jobs and Growth Fund to 15 Calgary-area businesses. | Bokstaz/Shutterstock

First appearing on a reality TV show, then signing with the British Royal Mint, Canadian e-scrap startup Excir is now continuing its growth with a federal investment of nearly $1.9 million for a demonstration plant.

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PC sales dropped worldwide in Q4 and 2022

Published: January 25, 2023
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Laptops collected for recycling

Anticipation of a global recession, along with increased inflation and higher interest rates, are behind the low PC shipment numbers. | MMilda/Shutterstock

Research and consulting firm Gartner cited economic uncertainty as the reason behind a drop in worldwide PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the year overall. 

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Oregon electronics right-to-repair bill in the works again

Published: January 19, 2023
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A smartphone being repaired with tools.

Oregon’s proposed bill would mandate access to schematics, tools and parts at a fair and reasonable cost and cover any household product – from computers to appliances – that contains digital components. | Alexey Kabanov/Shutterstock

Supporters of the right to repair consumer electronics are hoping that the third time’s the charm in Oregon.

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