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...
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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...
PC Installed Base in the US: Density per State
It is no surprise that California is home of the biggest number of PCs in the US installed base. With an estimated...
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...
M&A Heats up in IT Equipment Recycling: Ingram Micro Acquires CloudBlue
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ITAD Outlook: What to Expect
Welcome to this podcast, dated September 16, 2013. This podcast came as a result of a keynote address I gave last week...
Recycling Smartphones: Think Data Security Too
There is growing concern in corporate circles that BYOD and the rise of consumer smartphones that access their...
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...