Executive Summary For this report, titled: Abnormal And Temporary Surge in PC Activity: What It Means for ITADs, Compliance Standards LLC reviewed the main segments of the PC industry at the end of August 2025: the large OEMs such as Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer, and ASUS;...
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Issue 3: Constructive Momentum with Rising Standards
Momentum Rating: 7/10. We evaluated the industry on a scale from 1 to 10. A rating of 1 describes an industry facing significant economic headwinds and systemic disruption. At the other extreme, a 10 depicts a sector at peak performance, characterized by substantial...
AI Surge, Tightening Regulations, and Shifting ESG Priorities: Week ending August 2, 2025
What we Spotted this Week The tech industry is undergoing rapid transformation, a move that is expected to affect adjacent sectors like ITAD and the behavior of users like IT management. Evidence of this rapid transformation is this past quarter’s leading tech...
State of the ITAD and Material Recovery Sector: First Half 2025 Review and Outlook
Research: The first half of 2025 didn’t bring a boom or a bust—but it may prove to be a pivotal moment for the ITAD...
What is Google telling us about the secondary market for IT and electronics?
Are OEMs looking to tighten control over the secondary market? The secondary market for IT and electronics is rapidly...
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...
HPQ’s Poor Performance and Impact on ITAD/Recycling
Echoing the sustained drop in demand for PCs, printers and classic mass IT equipment, HP’s PC/printing unit (NYSE:HPQ)...
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...
Research Report: 2015 ITAD’s Competitive Landscape & 2016 Outlook
ITAD’s Competitive Landscape in Large US Enterprise and High-Value Verticals & 2016 Outlook PRESS RELEASE: US...
Data Cleansing of PC Clients at ITAD/eRecycling: Key Issues and Estimated US Addressable Market
Insuring that decommissioned PCs do not carry data at their disposition phase is a primary concern for IT Managers and...
Sage Sustainable Electronics (SageSE): Risky Move or a Distruptive Startup?
Ongoing developments in the ITAD/eWaste sector suggest that established players in the industry are going through a...
Moving Up the Value Chain, Regenersis Acquires Blancco
Download PDF version here | UK-based electronics services and repair company Regenersis announced that it has acquired...
Sony Phases Out PC Unit: The End of an Era, Impact on US Recycling Space
Download PDF version here | It was just a matter of time for Sony. The company is about to sell its PC business, in 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...
Mobile Devices & Smartphones in 2014 and what ITAD Sector Should be Watching
Once a year, Analysts like to issue their top predictions for their resepctive markets. This year, we will debut our...
Recycling Smartphones: Think Data Security Too
There is growing concern in corporate circles that BYOD and the rise of consumer smartphones that access their...