Less premium smartphone inventory is reaching recyclers

Assurant’s latest mobile trade-in data shows that the best smartphones are being pulled into reuse and refurbishment channels sooner as the scrap stream is getting thinner and rougher, and value is moving upstream fast. For phone makers and their telco partners, the...

Analyst Opinion: The independent ITAD at a crossroads

The US independent ITAD sector is in the middle of a shift that most participants are experiencing in fragments rather than as a whole. The fragments include a string of capital transactions, new entrants, rising inbound M&A interest, private equity partners who...