Management

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Quantum expands plastics recovery as North American growth strategy takes shape

Canada-based Quantum Lifecycle Partners has launched an advanced plastics separation system designed to recover higher-quality polymers from end-of-life electronics, a move that reflects downstream processing investment alongside a wider shift in the company’s operating model.

Research: State of the Independent ITAD Operator in the United States

The US independent IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) sector is approaching a structural inflection unlike anything in its thirty-year history. What was for two decades a quietly growing services category dominated by founder-led regional operators has, in the past eighteen months, become a target for sophisticated institutional capital, a strategic priority for global conglomerates, and — most consequentially — a function that enterprise buyers are finally beginning to treat as a governance discipline rather than a disposal cost.

How Rising Fuel and Memory Prices Are Impacting ITAD’s Margins

Rising fuel and freight costs from the war in Iran are tightening margins in an ITAD business model built on moving material, while surging prices for memory and storage are simultaneously increasing the value of server and component recovery. Those pressure points, combined, are pushing logistics‑heavy, “haul and shred” providers to the edge and giving a relative advantage to ITAD firms that can monetize memory‑rich assets, document ESG benefits, and explain, in hard numbers, how they help customers manage cost, risk, and refresh timing.