electronics
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Keep your secrets to yourself – Safely recycle old data devices with the SEIFFI service
COMMERCIAL COOPERATION Smartphones, computers and other data devices accumulate a large amount of personal and confidential information over the years. When a device is no longer in use, […]
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In the Netherlands, you can make money from waste – This is how a new type of recycling business works
Droppie's innovative business model made waste sorting rewarding. In the Netherlands, consumers receive money for returning scrap equipment or reusable items. Dutch company Droppie has developed […]
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Electric and smart cars are changing car dismantling and recycling – Researcher: Circular economy reduces material availability risks
(For subscribers.) Electrifying and increasingly intelligent transport requires critical raw materials. The autumn seminar on producer responsibility highlighted that the availability of materials could be improved through the circular economy […]
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Eight European standards for digital product passports – A Finnish guide reveals what this means for companies
Digital Product Passports (DPPs) will become part of the EU's Sustainable Product Policy requirements. They will change the way product information is managed, shared and used in value chains. The digital […]
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Opening ceremony at Syklon's Hyvinkää facility – Products perhaps for Amazon's consumer electronics
Finnish circular economy company Syklo officially opens its Hyvinkää circular economy hub today (September 9, 2026), which combines a plastic recycling plant and an industrial-scale biocomposite factory. The investment […]
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Recycling to glory – vital rare earth metals are now being hunted from new sources
Finnish researchers are starting to investigate which currently underexploited sources could be used to recover rare earth metals in the future. A project launched by the University of Jyväskylä and the Finnish Environment Institute […]
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From scrap to urban mining – According to expert estimates, the recycling rate of critical raw materials in the EU is only around 12 percent
(For subscribers.) If electrical waste were recycled better than it is now, European industry could extract over a million tons of critical raw materials from scrap streams. Copper. Aluminum. Iron. […]
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Finland faces a 175 million euro fine for waste electrical equipment ending up on the roads – Experts: “The fine would be based on false information”
(For subscribers.) The European Commission proposed in July that a new own resources levy would be levied on member states in 2028. The amount of the annual levy would be based on […]
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