[ ABOUT ]
Turning Electronic Waste into a REEvolution
REEcycle is a rare earth recycling company headquartered in Duncan, Oklahoma and specializing in the recovery of rare earth elements from end-of-life neodymium magnets contained in industrial products.
How our story began
The REEcycle story began at the University of Houston in 2012. Our chemist, Dr. Samarasekere, became interested in the idea of developing a way to recycle rare earth elements after reading two Department of Energy reports on critical materials for future energy use.
In 2013, he discovered a chemical reaction that extracts 15 of the 17 rare earth elements found in discarded electronic waste.
Our team began working to bring this innovative process to market. We concentrated on neodymium and dysprosium, the two ranked highest in importance to both clean energy and supply risk.
Our motto is to create sustainability starting at the source...
We recognize that supply chain concerns and availability of rare earth elements (REEs) are difficult issues for technology companies. These companies and their innovations can have significant positive impacts on the world-whether that be state-of-the-art consumer electronics, more efficient clean energy technologies, or improvements to the defense systems.
By creating a dependable, renewable, secure source of rare earth elements through recycling, REEcycle can reduce uncertainty for companies reliant on these materials.
To date, REEcycle has the only recycling process that can safely and sustainably recover the highest amount of rare earth elements from electronic waste with the smallest environmental impact.
OUR TEAM
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Mick McMullen
CHAIRMAN
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Justin Froneman
COO & DIRECTOR
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Jon Christian Evensen
DIRECTOR
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Eric Carnell
FRACTIONAL GENERAL COUNSEL
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Tawnya Erickson
CHIEF OF STAFF
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Morne Engelbrecht
SENIOR ADVISOR (FINANCIAL) - CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS
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Chris Rosario
SENIOR ADVISOR (LEGAL) - CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS
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Luke Waier
HEAD OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
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Dr. Pradeep Samarasekere
CHIEF CHEMIST & INVENTOR
OUR PROGRESS
REEcycle received a $5.1 million U.S. Department of War Technology Investment Agreement Award in January 2025 to recover rare earth elements from recycled electronic waste.
Using this funding, REEcycle has been able to move forward with the build out of a demonstration plant facility intended to prove the feasibility of a full-scale, commercially viable REE recovery process.