For nearly three decades, the global electronics recycling system operated on an implicit assumption that used electronics were commodities first and waste second. That operating environment has materially changed. As of the first quarter of 2026, a convergence of...
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...
This report examines the consolidation of the Managed Service Provider market between 2018 and 2025, draws direct parallels and contrasts with the emerging IT Asset Disposition sector, and presents three forward-looking scenarios for how ITAD consolidation may unfold...
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...
