Positive impact: real and direct

One for One has measurable & tangible results that matter to society, resulting from electronic waste reduction.

Enhance your sustainability strategy

One for One helps tech brands and their customers take (first) steps towards circularity. It directly reduces pollution caused by electronic waste, creates employment for developing communities, and promotes global, inclusive, and responsible recycling. As One for One delivers on several SDGs, it enhances a corporate sustainability strategy in an effective and meaningful way.

How does One for One work?

One for One is a simple concept: for a new phone added to the market, a scrap phone will be collected and recycled.

Benefits

Why is One for One relevant for a tech brand’s stakeholders?

Your journey towards ‘circularity’

Integrating closed-loop and zero-waste concepts into existing processes requires significant time and effort. One for One offers a safe and low-effort start on the journey towards ‘circularity’, generating immediate impact.

Long-term strategies with short-term results

Our auditable service is not an alternative to current CSR initiatives. It reinforces them and allows companies to combine long-term strategies with short-term results. From the first application of One for One to a device sales process, our customers see measurable e-waste reduction within the first months after the launch. Closing the Loop will supply all necessary documentation for accurate, understandable, and transparent reporting.

Reducing waste in Emerging markets (supporting SDG1/SDG 8/SDG11)

The collection of broken phones is done in countries with high poverty rates. The collection networks created by Closing the Loop offer a source of additional income for waste collectors and their network. 

Closing the Loop invests annually in maintaining waste collection networks, with ~70% of the investment being paid to communities in the developing world.

Responsible e-waste management (SDG12)

One for One funds the proper handling of end-of-life devices that would otherwise be mismanaged or overlooked. To create a circular industry – or world – it is essential to also create ways to properly handle ‘historical waste’. Closing the Loop’s work is part of the puzzle as the electronics industry tries to embrace a zero-waste approach.

Client cases

What others say about us

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René Schenk, Director NL  Dustin in the Netherlands.

It is important for Dustin to contribute towards the circular transition of the industry. This is a way of driving the entire industry in a positive direction and a step towards our own goal to be 100 percent circular by 2030. We want to make it easier for companies and the public sector to be more sustainable.

Johan Rodenhuis, Category Manager ICT Central Government

Dutch Government

Closing the Loop offers a pragmatic, hands-on approach to reduce the complex, worldwide e-waste problem. The solution enables the Central Government to take important steps in awareness and urgency within the entire country

Titia Schutten, Advisor Corporate Responsibility, KPMG Netherlands

Reducing our ecological footprint is one of the important pillars of KPMG's Corporate Responsibility strategy. The collaboration with Closing the Loop is a concrete example of a circular opportunity that KPMG has utilised.

Michael Jungwirth, Head of Sustainability, Vodafone Germany

E-waste is a global problem. That's why our solutions must not end at national borders. With One for One, we take responsibility and set an example for the industry. Not just a sign of change, but a sign of action. We close the loop for our customers. For one new phone Vodafone brings into circulation, we retrieve an old one.