Closing the Loop

Every year, around 1.5 billion mobile phones are produced and sold. Estimates are that around 700 million phones become redundant every year. The highest reuse & recycling percentage for phones in developed countries is only around 25%. In many developing countries, scrap recycling isn’t facilitated. The foundation Closing the Loop aims to maximize the reuse & recycling of these phones worldwide by setting up pragmatic projects locally.

Our concept explained for dummies

Second life for first metals

The loop is closed for the first batch of scrap received from Asia. How exciting this last month has been, in which we collected, prepared and shipped the first batch to Holland. Right here, we’ve found a scrap recycling party that has shown to be very innovative and environmental (yes, they do exist in the business) and we’ll be able to report soon just how much metals are being upgraded from e-waste to valuable metals!

The first 1.000 kg of mobile phone scrap

The first 1.000 kg of mobile phone scrap is already collected! New containers are expected to arrive in May with more than 5.000 kg of scrap. All scrap will be recycled by the best recyclers in Europe.