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DEScycle has opened its first demonstration plant at the Wilton Centre in Teesside, U.K., marking the first operational deployment of its distributed metals processing platform for recovering critical materials from e-waste. The launch aims to strengthen the U.K.’s domestic critical minerals supply chain and aligns with the government’s Critical Minerals Strategy, which targets meeting 20% of needs through recycling.

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DEScycle opens demonstration plant for critical materials recovery from e-waste in U.K.

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DEScycle (London, U.K.; www.descycle.com) opened its first demonstration plant at Wilton Centre in Teesside, U.K., marking the first operational deployment of its distributed metals processing infrastructure platform and a significant step towards strengthening the UK’s domestic critical minerals supply chain.  The UK Government’s Critical Minerals Strategy sets an ambition for recycling to meet 20% of […]

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dee 1 month ago
Distributed microplants sound great until you need 95%+ uptime - what’s the per‑module throughput and how are you managing DES degradation/viscosity creep from fines and brominated plastics? If your DES is chloride-based, what’s the corrosion and EW plan (MOC, chloride carryover), and do you interlock on water content/conductivity to keep the loop in spec?

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