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ITAD Market Pulse

Companies & the Competitive Landscape:

What is Google telling us about the secondary market for IT and electronics?

Google’s Certified Refurbished Phone Program highlights a growing trend of OEMs entering the secondary market to control ecosystems, brand perception, and margins. This move disrupts traditional IT asset resale channels, creating challenges for ITAD vendors while underscoring the economic potential of refurbished IT assets. ITADs must adapt by focusing on premium services like ESG reporting and secure data handling to thrive in this evolving landscape.

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First impressions: Iron Mountain’s Third Quarter Results

Iron Mountain’s 3rd quarter results depict a strong performance for its Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM), where its ITAD operation resides. The revenue grown of 145% year over year to $102 million may be too premature to conclude that the tailwinds the company is...

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Deep Dive into the ITAD and Recycling Certification Landscape, with Rike Sandlin

In this lecture and discussion, Rike Sandlin from Rivervista LLC delves into the certification landscape that oversee the IT asset disposition sector (ITAD), electronic recycling and eWaste. In a discussion with David Daoud of the ITAD.Academy and Compliance Standards LLC, we look at how certifications like eStewards, R2, NAID, ADISA, ISOs and others are deployed inside ITAD companies and influencing the sector.

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End-User Research: Getting to Know your ITAD Vendor: SHI International

Client Services: Established in 1989, Somerset, NJ-based SHI International calls itself as “a personal technology concierge.”  With gross sales of $14 billion in 2022 and with 6,000 employees, SHI sells IT hardware, software, and solutions to thousands of customers worldwide. While it offers IT asset disposition services, ITAD is a tiny portion of the company’s business, and is insignificant compared to its various core businesses.

First impressions: Iron Mountain’s Third Quarter Results

Iron Mountain’s 3rd quarter results depict a strong performance for its Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM), where its ITAD operation resides. The revenue grown of 145% year over year to $102 million may be too premature to conclude that the tailwinds the company is enjoying is normal evolution or just a function of its acquisition of Regency and...

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Recurring Compliance Issues: Walmart and Retailer Waste Disposal Challenges

In a recent issue, E-Scrap News reported that Walmart will pay $7.5 million in a settlement it reached with California's Attorney General over allegations of hazardous and medical waste disposal violations. For context, the settlement is the result of a lawsuit filed in 2021, following over 70 waste audits conducted between 2015 and 2021, which...

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Analysis: Sage Expands Beyond ITAD, Breaks into the Break-Fix Market

On October 22, 2024, Sage Sustainable Electronics (Sage) issued a press release via Businesswire to announce its acquisition of an electronics repair firm called Relectro. This acquisition is somewhat unique in Sage’s context because Relectro does not operate in Sage’s traditional ITAD space. It offers board-level and post-warranty repair for devices like laptops, tablets, and mobile handsets, which means that it operates in a stage that precedes Sage’s typical involvement. As such, we perceive this acquisition as a pathway for Sage to expand upstream in the ITAM sector.

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