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In conversation with jewelery designer Eva Schreuder

March 1, 2022

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

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Hurrah! NoWa exists 3 years

February 14, 2022

Wow, today - February 14, 2022 - it's been three years since we started NoWa. This special day feels much shorter to us. In the meantime, we have already saved many old telephones from the waste mo...

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The Week of the Circular Economy: Circular jewelry

February 1, 2022

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

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The Chain ReACTION: the best fundraising campaign for old telephones

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 that we throw away with the residual waste still contain very valuable raw materi...

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Why it is 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 recycled telephones end up in developing countries. A big problem, because these countries are not able to recycle the old telephones in a sustainable way. E-waste is inciner...

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Your old phone is worth gold

December 1, 2021

Yes really, your old phone is worth gold! That "old refrigerator" of yours contains even more gold than gold ore. Yet we often throw our old phone in the back of a drawer without thinking about it ...

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