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Apple’s MacBook Neo: iFixit’s best MacBook score in 14 years, but the residual value ceiling is real

Apple just shipped its most recyclable and most repairable laptop to date, and priced it at $599. In the context of sustainability, the MacBook Neo is Apple’s most significant hardware design departure in years, built with a higher proportion of recycled materials and a more serviceable internal architecture than any MacBook that came before it.

Umicore highlights strength in recycling, catalysis

Belgian materials technology group Umicore reported higher revenue and profit for 2025, calling it “a pivotal year for Umicore.” The company said the launch of its CORE strategy reinforced leadership in its foundation businesses while it took steps to restore value in battery materials.

Apto, Tusaar partner on rare earths recovery

IT asset disposition provider Apto Solutions has teamed up with Tusaar, a US-based rare earth elements processor, to recover and reuse critical materials from retired technology inside the United States. The collaboration centers on capturing rare earths from shredded hard drives and sending those materials into Tusaar’s domestic processing stream rather than letting them disappear into conventional recycling and export‑oriented channels.

Sims Lifecycle leverages hyperscale decommissioning

For most of its existence, Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) has been viewed as a secondary business alongside its parent company’s metals operations. That perception shifted somewhat with Sims’ latest half-year results, which pushed SLS to the foreground as a core growth engine and a bellwether for where the ITAD and secondary components markets are heading.

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