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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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A look at the fate of material left in wake of ECS

Published: July 19, 2018
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ECS Refining facility

Material at the Mesquite, Texas ECS Refining facility. E-Scrap News file photo.

E-scrap processor Dynamic Recycling has signed a deal to buy assets from bankrupt company ECS Refining. Meanwhile, environmental and cost complications are popping up around facility cleanup efforts.

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