The past week has delivered three developments that matter for the ITAD and electronics recycling sectors. Semiconductor earnings confirmed the widening gap between AI-fueled hyperscalers and the steadier, but more accessible, enterprise data center segment. Private...
Tailwind Capital has made a majority investment in DMD Systems Recovery, signaling private equity’s increasing interest in ITAD. The move positions DMD for expansion, but also underscores the sector’s unique compliance and operational demands. Our forthcoming Active...
Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max arrive with a mix of sustainability upgrades, new design choices, and expanded security features. For IT asset disposition (ITAD) operators, recyclers, and repair professionals operating in the mobility space, these shifts are...
The latest semiconductor earnings reveal a sharp divide whereby AI and data centers are fueling extraordinary growth, while PCs and consumer devices remain sluggish. Furthermore, the data shows evidence of a clear split in the data center market, with significant...
The first week of September brought little movement in the IT asset disposition and electronics recycling sector. There were no new mergers, expansions, or major policy announcements. To make this week’s edition useful, we are drawing from six of our latest research...
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...
In the final week of August and the first days of September the ITAD and electronics‑recycling world took something of a breather. There were hardly any new deals or major operational changes, and the only real headlines came from earnings calls of companies...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise released its third quarter fiscal 2025 results on September 3, showing strong growth across servers, networking, and hybrid cloud. Revenue reached $9.1 billion, up 18 percent from a year ago. Servers brought in $4.9 billion, an all-time high...
When StatCounter released its global operating system figures for August 2025, one line on the chart stood out. See chart below. After months of steady decline, Windows 10 unexpectedly gained back a few points of market share, nearly crossing paths with Windows 11 in...
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;...
HP’s third quarter 2025 earnings delivered a stable financial performance, with 3% revenue growth and strong free cash flow. Behind the numbers, HP revealed stronger-than-expected PC sales driven by education demand, enterprise refresh cycles, and accelerating...
As the ITAD sector eased into the late-August slowdown, batteries stood out as the exception, driving the week’s most significant corporate and regulatory developments. And while most operators paused, earnings from hardware and semiconductor manufacturers are...
An analysis by David Daoud for Compliance Standards LLC: Our latest ITAD industry analysis shows the market is gaining momentum on strong demand and tight supply. The IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) market is experiencing a significant acceleration, primarily driven by...
Compliance Standards’ IntelliTAD rates the ITAD industry’s current state a solid 7 out of 10, reflecting a period of constructive, incremental strengthening. This positive score is driven by the significant mainstreaming of the secondary market, favorable...
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...
A critical disconnect is growing between the operational assurances offered by traditional ITAD certifications and the rigorous governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) demands of modern enterprises. While certifications like R2v3, e-Stewards, and NAID AAA are mainstays...
Download PDF Report Click here to download the full newsletter [clients only] Our Take In this second edition of the IntelliTAD newsletter from Compliance Standards LLC, for the week ending August 12, 2025, we reaffirm that enterprise refresh volumes remained high and...
In the fragmented IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) sector, two recent announcements highlight the sustained investor interest in the industry. The first is Achieve Capital announcing a strategic investment into Vantage Point ITAD, a move aimed at scaling a regional...
Amid an ongoing debate over the value of ITAD certifications and despite their importance, this report argues that the existing ITAD certification frameworks are not sufficient on their own to meet enterprise-grade risk, governance, and compliance expectations. While...
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...
This report is about how artificial intelligence is quietly but decisively transforming the way enterprises evaluate ITAD providers. Compliance Standards just concluded a survey of 400 US companies and found a substantial shift taking place in the way RFPs are...
With the advent of the online-first phase, businesses need to constantly ensure that their information is secure, that they are compliant with regulations, and that their stakeholder’ trust is not broken. Cyber-attacks and data breaches continue to grow, and...
We are publishing the Strategic Alignment Report – Mid-2025, a practical executive guide for ITAD leaders navigating cybersecurity demands, ESG pressure, secondary market growth, and global expansion. The guide offers: -9 Strategic Imperatives-CEO Metrics & Action...
Research: The first half of 2025 didn’t bring a boom or a bust—but it may prove to be an ITAD industry’s pivotal moment. While enterprise clients recalibrated budgets and extended refresh cycles under geopolitical, regulatory, and AI-related pressures, top ITAD...
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 industry. While enterprise clients recalibrated budgets and extended refresh cycles under geopolitical, regulatory, and AI-related pressures, top ITAD...
Research: As ITAD demand patterns shift in 2025, one sector stands out—healthcare. In our mid-year analysis based on interviews with 37 ITAD executives and follow-up insights from hospital CIOs and CISOs, a clear theme has emerged: healthcare is leading the current IT...
ERI’s 2024 Impact Report offers a detailed look at the company’s role in environmental IT and secure asset disposition. Despite being a privately-held business, ERI set out to be more transparent, making it one of the few ITAD and material recovery companies...
In this special report, we analyze one of the most overlooked yet increasingly disruptive forces in the global secondary IT hardware market: cryptocurrency mining. The sector boasts a vast ecosystem of miner, ranging from individual hobbyists to industrial-scale data...
Despite big leaps in technology—AI chips, smarter performance, better battery life—consumers remain distant from AI PCs. Sales from major brands like Dell and HP continue to stall, and it’s becoming clear that the average buyer isn’t convinced the latest features are...
