Malaysia’s growing role as a hub for global e‑scrap is colliding with corruption probes, large container seizures and regional backlash. The pressure is putting Southeast Asia’s informal import trade under its harshest spotlight since China’s 2018 “National Sword”...
Emerging Markets
Tough Times for the ITAD/Electronics Recycling Sector
The IT Asset Disposition space, and extending into electronics recycling are witnessing an unprecedented state of retraction. Growth has been lagging, as volumes and prices have been moving in directions that do not help the industry maintain proper...
Reciclar Una Oportunidad de Negocio en América Latina
Más del 90% de los componentes de un móvil son reutilizables. El 58% es plástico; el 17%, vidrio, y el 25%, metales como hierro, cobre, plata e incluso oro. Las baterías son los elementos más contaminantes porque contienen elementos como el cadmio, el litio y metal...
En español: Reciclaje de Productos Electrónicos y Minería Urbana
Cuando hablamos de minería viene a nuestra mente la extracción de las riquezas del subsuelo. Pensamos en excavaciones...
ITAD & Electronic Recycling: Brand New PCs, the Commodity Market and China: Weak outlook but the opportunity may be staring at you
A series of data points were released recently confirming the sustained difficult environment facing many major tech...
Desechos Electrónicos En América Latina
Introducción: Una de las formas más sencillas de ayudar al bienestar del planeta es mediante el reciclaje. Sin...
Coping with high-velocity product life-cycle, and getting the secondary market busy
Here’s an interesting quote from CNN: “T-Mobile is offering new and existing customers an iPhone 6S (16 GB) for $5 a...
IT Asset Disposition Sector: 2014 Predictions
This year, Compliance Standards is debuting its predictions for the IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) space for the year...
The Seven Functions Involved in Enterprise Asset Disposition
A confluence of events has created an interesting environment in the recycling and IT asset disposition sector over...