What Happened
Strengthening Domestic Capabilities For Electronics Recycling
The US Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation and the Idaho National Laboratory have launched the Accelerator for Supply Chain, Economy and National Development (ASCEND) initiative to strengthen US capabilities to recover, process, and recycle critical materials from end-of-life electronics. ASCEND brings together industry, investors, and technical experts to identify barriers and opportunities in the US critical materials supply chain and develop a strategic investment roadmap. The initiative aims to address the nation’s reliance on foreign sources of critical materials, which could affect economic competitiveness and national security. This development was first reported by EurekAlert!