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‘Offset’ effort connects telecoms and African e-scrap collectors

Published: January 10, 2019
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E-scrap collection in Uganda.

In Uganda, end-of-life cell phones are collected before being shipped for recycling.

Tech companies are seeing boosted demand for environmental leadership, and e-scrap management concerns continue to mark developing countries. An enterprise in Europe is working to help out on both fronts.

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Know Your E-Scrap Processor: CompuCycle

Published: January 9, 2019
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Workers at the CompuCycle e-scrap processing facility.When CompuCycle leaders looked at automating the company’s e-scrap processing, they realized there was no point in reinventing a well-functioning wheel. Colt Recycling, which has done business with CompuCycle, was already successfully using a custom-designed shredding and separation system in New Hampshire.

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