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Deborah Dull

Deborah Dull is the founder of the Circular Supply Chain Network and Managing Partner of Trillium Digital Services. She authored “Circular Supply Chains: 17 Common Questions” and “Sustainable Supply Chains: Unlearning for a Better Tomorrow,” with a third book on circular supply chains forthcoming in June. With experience at Zero100, GE Digital, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Genpact, and Microsoft, Deborah specializes in AI-driven supply chain innovation, self-driving supply chains, advanced analytics, and responsible business practices. She is a sought-after speaker and has been published in numerous industry publications. Deborah holds a BA in Supply Chain & Operations Management from Western Washington University and an MSc from the University of Liverpool, where her thesis focused on digital supply chain. She is currently pursuing her DBA from Heriot-Watt University.

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March 25, 2026

The Geopolitics of Junk

written by Deborah Dull, on site at GreenBiz 2026   I spent today in a room full of people who think about waste for a living. And the word that kept coming up had nothing to do with recycling. It was sovereignty. Here is the situation. The United States imports 95% of its critical mineral supply. Lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, the stuff inside every battery, every semiconductor, every electric motor. We do not make it, we do not mine much of it, and we do not control the supply chain that delivers it. That is not an energy policy problem. That is a national security problem. Now here is the part that should make you put down your coffee. A ton of smartphones contains dramatically more gold than a ton of mined ore. We are talking about concentrations that make urban mining look like a gold rush compared to digging in the ground. And yet the recovery rate for those materials, once a phone leaves its first owner, drops to around 13%. We are losing roughly 80% of the value sitting in devices right now, in drawers, in closets, in landfills. E-waste is also the fastest growing waste stream…
December 16, 2020

This Week on Supply Chain Now: December 7th – 11th

Get Ready to increase your supply chain IQ! We’ve got all the latest episodes, interviews, conversations, and livestreams right here from Supply Chain Now this week. On Saturday, Supply Chain Now hosts Scott Luton, Greg White, and Jamin Alvidrez share their perspective on the industry, top business challenges, and what their priorities are.   On Monday, Fred Tolbert, Principal at Southeast Demand Solutions in Marietta Georgia, joined the Supply Chain Now team for a recent livestream to discuss the pandemic, the latest supply chain industry news, and what new developments we can expect to see going forward.   On Tuesday’s podcast episode, Stephanie Stuckey of Stuckey’s Corporation joined us for our Full Access series to share her professional journey.   On Wednesday, Scott welcomed Shan Muthuvelu and Steffanie Ness with UCBOS to talk about the convergence of retail and eCommerce supply chains as well as the importance of metadata   On Thursday, David Shillingford with Resilience360 joined us on the Supply Chain Buzz to discuss the top news in supply chain with Scott & Greg.   And our final episode this week Polly Mitchell-Guthrie and Patrick Van with Kinaxis join us too talk about what true supply chain resilience looks…