As the United States seeks to reduce its dependence on foreign critical minerals, rare earth recycling is emerging as a strategic pillar of supply chain resilience rather than simply an environmental initiative. Washington CORE’s latest report explores how regional recycling ecosystems are taking shape across the country, highlighting the growing importance of California, Texas, Iowa, and Indiana as hubs for recycling, refining, and magnet production. The report also examines expanding public and private investment, international partnerships, and technological innovation that are transforming end-of-life electronics and manufacturing scrap into valuable domestic resources for advanced manufacturing, defense, and clean energy industries.
Sustainability By Another Name: How Resilience Became the New Language of Climate Action in the U.S. Defense Sector
For much of the past decade, sustainability and climate resilience became increasingly integrated into U.S. defense policy as military leaders...
