OLED will bring a brighter future to LG Display
With the technology having boosted its TV business, LG is now also in the field of smartphones Apple will switch from LCD to OLED panels for it’s next generation iPhones. These new phones will be…
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Prosecutors ask for 12 years of jail for Samsung’s vice chairman
South Korean prosecutors seek a 12-year jail term for Samsung’s Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong. The charges against Lee include bribing associates of the then-president Park Geun-hye, in return for government support in helping Lee cement…
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More than 735,000 phones received from Uganda and Rwanda
On August 1st some 735,000 end-of-life phones filling two sea containers arrived to Antwerp. Closing the Loop (CTL) partnered with several organizations in Rwanda and Uganda to collect this phones. The phones have been transferred to…
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How many smartphones are thrown away every day?
In just 10 years, more than 7 billion smartphones have been produced. Greenpeace pulled the stats to show how our consumption habit is affecting our planet. Can you guess how many smartphones are thrown away…
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Who will clean up Silicon Valley’s E-wasteland?
Capitalandmain.nl published the article of Julianne Tveten: Who Will Clean Up Silicon Valley’s E-wasteland? She writes about the conditions that contribute to the production of e-waste, about the solutions and who is most responsible for reaching a…
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Containers from Africa for Closing the Loop
Closing the Loop has to wait only one more week to receive two new containers with used phones at their recycling partners in Belgium. This is a great milestone. What has happened in the past…
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Foxconn eyeing swing states for U.S. manufacturing plant
Taiwan-based Foxconn plans to invest $7 billion in a U.S. manufacturing facility. Where it places its factory has as much to do with politics as business. Foxconn said it’s evaluating potential locations and discussing options…
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The fight against precarious work continues
Recent legislative and political developments around the world illustrate the continuing increase of precarious work. Trade unions are fighting back. A recent study in the UK shows that young people employed on zero-hour contracts are…
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Foxconn has plans to invest up to $5 billion in India
Foxconn has firmed up plans to invest up to $5 billion in India. As it looks to make the country a parallel manufacturing hub to China for export to key markets across Europe and the…
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Foxconn aims to kick off exports from India to the Middle East and African countries
Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer, is aiming to begin exports to the Middle East and African countries by December from India as it begins talking to suppliers to set up base in the fastest…