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Case Study: Close the Loop’s FY25 Loss Highlights the Danger of Chasing Volume Over Value in ITAD

Case Background Close the Loop Limited (ASX: CLG) is an Australia-headquartered circular economy company with operations across North America and Europe, and services extending into New Zealand. Its Resource Recovery division is central to its IT asset disposition...

What is Google telling us about the secondary market for IT and electronics?

Google’s Certified Refurbished Phone Program highlights a growing trend of OEMs entering the secondary market to control ecosystems, brand perception, and margins. This move disrupts traditional IT asset resale channels, creating challenges for ITAD vendors while underscoring the economic potential of refurbished IT assets. ITADs must adapt by focusing on premium services like ESG reporting and secure data handling to thrive in this evolving landscape.

How acquisitions are fueling ITAD sector activity

By David Daoud:  Over the past months, there has been a resurgence of activity fueling investments into the end of life of electronics in general, and in particular in the ITAD sector. Adjacent sectors such as e-scrap processing and data security have also been...