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In conversation with jewelry designer Eva Schreuder

March 1, 2022

Did you know that our Connection collection is handmade and locally produced by jewelry designer Eva Schreuder? We spoke to Eva about her unique designs for NoWa and what it's like to work with...

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Yeah! NoWa exists 3 years

February 14, 2022

Wow, today - February 14, 2022 - marks three years since we started NoWa. This special day feels much shorter to us. In the meantime, we've saved a lot of old phones from the landfill and had t...

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Circular Economy Week: Circular Jewelry

February 1, 2022

Closing the loop, that's what we want to achieve with Nowa's circular jewelry. Nowa stands for No Waste. By reusing the gold and silver from phones, these old devices no longer consist of w...

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Thee KettingreACTIE: the most fun collection campaign for old phones

January 15, 2022

Every year we throw 27 million euros worth of gold in the trash. Well, it may surprise you, but all the electronics we throw away with the rest of the waste still contain very valuable raw material...

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Why it's better to go for recycled gold

January 1, 2022

The gold jewelry we all wear may shine, but the gold industry absolutely does not. Deforestation, dumping of chemical mining waste, exploitation and child labor are the most normal thing in the wor...

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Our gold mine: Closing The Loop

December 15, 2021

Seventy percent of all reused phones end up in developing countries. A big problem, because these countries are not able to recycle the old phones in a sustainable way. E-waste is incinerated and t...

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Your old phone is worth money

December 1, 2021

Yes really, your old phone is worth money! That 'old fridge' of yours contains even more gold than gold ore. Yet we often toss our old phone in the back of a drawer without thinking about i...

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