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About Antoinette Smith

Antoinette Smith started working for Resource Recycling in June 2024 after spending several years covering commodity plastics and supply chains, with a special focus on economic impacts. She can be contacted at [email protected].

Ingram Micro lands 1Password distribution deal

Published: November 26, 2024
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The announcement helped boost Ingram Micro’s newly launched shares on the New York Stock Exchange. | Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock

Major ITAD firm Ingram Micro has reached a strategic distribution agreement to extend 1Password’s identity security offerings to North American business customers. Continue Reading

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Iron Mountain: AI refreshes will help drive earnings

Published: November 21, 2024
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Iron Mountain truck.

Drivers for record Q3 revenue included two acquisitions and strong growth in the company’s asset lifecycle management business. | Bandersnatch/Shutterstock

Information management company Iron Mountain reported record third-quarter revenue of $1.56 billion, higher by 12% on the year, and attributed the results to double-digit growth in its asset lifecycle management business as well as two acquisitions. Continue Reading

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ITAD firms can help avoid compliance risks

Published: November 7, 2024
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Although data breaches often place ITAD clients in a poor light, firms have a duty to protect their own reputations as well as those of their clients, panelists said. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling

High-profile data breaches have highlighted the perils of ITAD, and until multiple companies are “put in the penalty box,” it will keep happening, industry experts said during a panel at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference.  Continue Reading

DMD Systems Recovery acquires Basket Materials

Published: November 7, 2024
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The acquisition provides strategic proximity to the San Francisco Bay Area’s myriad tech firms. | MD_Photography/Shutterstock

Arizona-based ITAD firm DMD Systems Recovery has acquired Basket Materials in a bid to provide services to California’s growing tech market and local data centers. Continue Reading

Panelists: E-plastics have untapped potential

Published: October 17, 2024
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Panelists at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference provided insight into issues facing e-plastics, and their views on what lies ahead. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling

With domestic demand building slowly, U.S. processors must look to industries outside electronics manufacturing to absorb their e-plastics volumes, according to panelists at the recent E-Scrap Conference in Orlando. Continue Reading

Experts offer roadmap for e-scrap trade, investment

Published: September 30, 2024
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Obsolete electronics gathered for recycling.

The World Economic Fund has compiled the opinions of five experts on how trade and investment can facilitate circular electronics. | Penofoto/Shutterstock

Coordinated global action is imperative to extend the life of electronics and improve end-of-life treatment, according to five industry experts in a recent World Economic Fund article. Continue Reading

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Battery industry prepares for shift in regulation

Published: September 30, 2024
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E.U. flags in front of the European Commission building.

The EU will roll out Digital Product Passports in 2027, to provide a clear accounting of the life cycle of batteries and eventually many other items. | Giannis Papanikos/Shutterstock

Although the European Union is still several years away from implementing its inaugural Digital Product Passport regulations, e-scrap market participants who do business with Europe are preparing for this new phase in sustainability regulations.

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URT, Hanil join forces to meet Basel standards

Published: September 19, 2024
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The companies, based in Wisconsin and California, are leveraging their strengths to produce Basel-compliant recycled e-plastics. | KPixMining/Shutterstock

Wisconsin-based Universal Recycling Technologies and California’s Hanil Eco Solutions are combining their expertise to achieve Basel Convention compliance in e-plastics recycling, the companies announced this week. Continue Reading

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Q&A: Recycling needs heat. Kraftblock offers a solution

Published: September 6, 2024
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Germany’s Kraftblock develops storage systems to capture waste heat from heat-intensive processes including e-scrap recycling. | Courtesy of Kraftblock

Despite its value in the sustainability sphere, recycling e-scrap is heat- and energy-intensive. Germany-headquartered Kraftblock says the electronics recycling industry needs physical solutions to decarbonize its heat and energy use.  Continue Reading

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