Battery passports are becoming a telecom infrastructure issue
Battery passports are often discussed as an electric-vehicle issue. That is too narrow. The deeper shift is asset-level accountability across telecom, energy, data centres and industrial infrastructure.
ConnectivityThe circular economy has a connectivity problem — and a data solution
The hardest part of circularity isn't recycling. It's knowing what you have, what it's worth, and being able to prove it. That is a data problem before it is a materials problem.
TelecomCircularity for telecom networks: why the RAN is the new frontline
As 2G and 3G switch off and 5G densifies, operators are decommissioning radio access equipment at scale. How that hardware is handled is becoming a material sustainability decision.
Asset RecoverySecond life, not scrap: unlocking value from decommissioned network equipment
Recycling is the last resort in a circular hierarchy, not the first. The bigger prize for telecom and IT hardware is keeping it in use — and the data to know when that's possible.
CarbonCarbon avoidance in ICT: how reuse turns into reportable Scope 3 reductions
Reusing hardware avoids the emissions of making new hardware. Turning that intuition into a number a CFO and an auditor will accept is where most programmes stall.
RegulationThe Digital Product Passport and the future of asset intelligence
The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation will require machine-readable passports for a widening range of products — electronics included. It rewrites what 'knowing your assets' means.
RepairRight to repair meets the network: repairability as a circular lever
Right-to-repair rules are reshaping consumer electronics — and setting expectations that will reach enterprise and network hardware. Repairability is becoming a design and procurement question.
E-wasteE-waste is the world's fastest-growing waste stream — telecom's role and responsibility
The world generated 62 million tonnes of e-waste in 2022 and is on track for 82 million by 2030. Less than a quarter is formally collected. Connectivity hardware is part of the problem and the solution.
ITCircular IT: extending the life of data-centre and enterprise hardware
Servers, storage and networking gear are refreshed on aggressive cycles, often while still fully functional. Circular IT asset management turns that churn into recovered value and avoided carbon.
MobileMobile device circularity: trade-in, refurbishment, and the second-hand economy
Smartphones concentrate value and carbon in a small package. Trade-in and refurbishment already work at scale — the constraint is trustworthy, per-device intelligence.