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U.S. Cell Phone Recycling Market on Track to Hit $5 Billion as E-Waste Challenges Fuel Growth Recycling

U.S. Cell Phone Recycling Market on Track to Hit $5 Billion as E-Waste Challenges Fuel Growth

In 2024, the U.S. cell phone recycling market was valued at $3.0 billion. While modest in comparison to other sectors, it holds growing significance in a digital economy defined by rapid device turnover and escalating environmental concerns. With a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.7% through 2032, the…
bubmag
May 9, 2025
Plastics companies know about chemical recycling’s shortcomings — but still sell it as a solution Recycling

Plastics companies know about chemical recycling’s shortcomings — but still sell it as a solution

For years, the plastics industry’s narrative about recycling has been falling apart. Research and media investigations have revealed that it doesn’t make economic sense and that petrochemical companies have used it more as a public relations gambit than as a serious effort to mitigate the plastic pollution crisis. Conventional recycling…
bubmag
May 8, 2025
Ontario fines Energizer, Duracell and Panasonic millions for missing recycling targets Recycling

Ontario fines Energizer, Duracell and Panasonic millions for missing recycling targets

The Energizer Bunny is in trouble with the province's Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority Energizer, Duracell and Panasonic have been ordered to pay a total of nearly $3 million for missing recycling targets in Ontario. As reported by The Toronto Star, the province’s Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) has slapped…
bubmag
May 7, 2025
SBM highlighted new technology for mineral processing and crushing at bauma Recycling

SBM highlighted new technology for mineral processing and crushing at bauma

SBM highlighted new technology for mineral processing and crushing at bauma The company displayed solutions for the rock processing, construction material recycling, and concrete mixing technology segments By Stephanie Bontorin May 06, 2025 SBM Mineral Processing had a successful experience at this year's bauma trade show in Munich. The Austrian…
bubmag
May 6, 2025
ChargePoint taps recycling exec to build sustainability program Recycling

ChargePoint taps recycling exec to build sustainability program

Send news about sustainability leadership roles, promotions and departures to editor@trellis.net . ChargePoint, which operates one of the world’s largest electric vehicle charging networks, named former recycling executive Mike Schwartz to be its first director of sustainability. Schwartz reports to ChargePoint’s senior vice president of operations. He’s responsible for building…
bubmag
May 6, 2025
Municipality, residents prepare for Round 2 of Dresden landfill fight Recycling

Municipality, residents prepare for Round 2 of Dresden landfill fight

Published May 04, 2025  •  4 minute read Proposed provincia legislation could revoke the need for an enviromental assessment to undertake a proposed massive expansion of this long dormant landfill in Dresden, Ontario. Photo shot in March 12, 2024. Photo by Derek Ruttan/London Free Press/Postmedia Network Photo by Derek Ruttan…
bubmag
May 4, 2025