American e-scrap and ITAD operators are being pushed, incrementally and through shock events, to manage more material domestically rather than rely on long, export-dependent flows. A combination of factors is making possible the creation of an urban mining industry,...
US-based electronics recycler and IT asset disposition (ITAD) provider ERI has formed a 50-50 joint venture with Itochu Corporation to launch operations in Japan, the companies announced March 24. The new entity, ERI Japan, represents ERI’s first owned and branded...
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...
Apple just shipped its most recyclable and most repairable laptop to date, and priced it at $599. For an industry that has spent years processing glue-heavy, adhesive-bonded MacBooks with soldered everything, that combination is worth paying attention to. The MacBook...
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....
