Can modular metals recovery challenge the smelter model?

A UK-based startup is testing a different approach to extracting metals from electronic scrap, one that could influence how downstream recovery fits into the IT asset disposition and recycling chain. DEScycle, which is commissioning a demonstration facility in...

What Intel’s blockbuster quarter means for ITAD

Intel’s first-quarter 2026 earnings report landed with a force few on Wall Street anticipated. Revenue came in at $13.58 billion against expectations of $12.42 billion. Adjusted earnings per share reached $0.29, versus a consensus estimate of just $0.01. The stock...

The whitebox blind spot in PC recycling

There’s a growing segment of the PC market that doesn’t show up in shipment data and in market share reports, and reaches none of the channels ITAD and recycling professionals are built to serve. After tracking this industry for decades, I’ve watched it go from a...

PC shipments grew in Q1, but questions remain

Two closely watched PC market reports released in April painted what looked like an encouraging picture for the device market, and by extension, the downstream ITAD and recycling channels that process those devices at end of life. Both Gartner and IDC reported...