Seized e-Waste in SE Asia: Return to Sender

Thailand’s recent seizure of suspected illegal e waste at Laem Chabang Port is the latest in a wave of enforcement actions across Southeast Asia that is reshaping how the region handles foreign electronic scrap, and raising the prospect that exporters face a...

Why global ITAD is stranded in the Gulf

With the US–Israel–Iran war disrupting trade routes, Dubai’s rise-and-shock moment for ITAD and e-scrap is the story of 2026: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which had evolved into a command center for global flows, was abruptly recast as a chokepoint by the conflict....