Apple leads on inputs, faces questions on ITAD

Apple’s latest environmental milestone, a claim that 30% of the material in all products it shipped in 2025 was recycled, landed on Earth Day and has been widely cited in ESG coverage. According to the company’s April 16 newsroom release, that figure represents the...

Data Security: Windows AI Recall is pushing data destruction upstream

Every Copilot+ PC that arrives at an ITAD dock this year is potentially carrying something that didn’t exist on a corporate laptop two years ago: a dense, time-stamped archive of nearly everything that ever crossed the user’s screen. That expands the threat model for...

Secondary Market: Intel boosts margins by selling what it used to scrap

On April 27, Resource Recycling reported on Intel’s latest earnings call. But the company’s results also contained a critical detail that was unreported and received little attention in the business press. Intel’s Q1 non-GAAP gross margin came in at 41%, roughly 650...