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In a recent issue, E-Scrap News reported that Walmart will pay $7.5 million in a settlement it reached with California's Attorney General over allegations of hazardous and medical waste disposal violations. For context, the settlement is the result of a lawsuit filed...

On October 22, 2024, Sage Sustainable Electronics (Sage) issued a press release via Businesswire to announce its acquisition of an electronics repair firm called Relectro. This acquisition is somewhat unique in Sage’s context because Relectro does not operate in Sage’s traditional ITAD space. It offers board-level and post-warranty repair for devices like laptops, tablets, and mobile handsets, which means that it operates in a stage that precedes Sage’s typical involvement. As such, we perceive this acquisition as a pathway for Sage to expand upstream in the ITAM sector.

Pure play ITAD vendors in the United States struggled to keep their marketing momentum in May. Compliance Standards’ ITAD Marketing Leadership Tracker reports a 9.5% decrease in traffic among 29 top ITAD vendors. The data does not include OEMs, big technology...

The PC market this year is unlikely to recover from its weak performance of the past two years, as industry analysts initially predicted. What are the implications for the second for for the ITAD/recycling industries?