Tying the agenda together is the balance between high-level strategic issues and practical operational themes. | Photo by meetbigwave.com
The E-Scrap Conference agenda features a rich program that offers operational detail and high-level strategy as attendees face immediate market realities in the near term and structural changes in the long term. Continue Reading
The technology company also saw record growth in AI infrastructure, which will present opportunities for device refurbishment and resale especially in secondary and international markets. | Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock
Dell Technologies reported record-breaking second-quarter revenue for fiscal 2026, largely driven by surging demand for AI-optimized servers, while executives also signaled that the PC refresh driven by the Windows 10 end of life would stretch out for some time.
Funding will target extraction of critical minerals from e-scrap, R&D to reduce mineral demand and workforce training, among other initiatives. | Tada Images/Shutterstock
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled four new funding opportunities to expand domestic production and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen the supply chains for clean-energy technologies.
In its most recent impact report, the private equity firm explored its progress in recovery and recycling of discarded electronics. | Itummy/Shutterstock
Private equity firm Closed Loop Partners recently released its 2024 impact report, which included a summary of its work in electronics recovery.
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The Chicago company was a finalist in the Department of Energy’s E-SCRAP PRIZE this year, for its developments toward recovering valuable minerals from end-of-life devices. | Photo courtesy of Tikal Industries
Tikal Industries, a Chicago-based company that works to find ways to visualize industrial waste streams, has created the Bluerock Filtration system, which extracts rare-earth minerals from discarded electronics.
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Kyle D’Silva, director of clean energy for analytical instruments at Thermo Fisher Scientific, highlights new technologies the battery recycling sector could benefit from. | Sergii Chernov/Shutterstock
The global demand for lithium-ion batteries is growing exponentially, fueled by the rise of electric vehicles, consumer electronics and renewable energy storage solutions, meaning recycling systems need to employ new technologies to keep pace. Continue Reading
Data center decommissioning, ESG adherence and regulatory compliance are among the trends driving one analyst’s positive outlook for 2025. | Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock
The U.S. IT asset disposition and electronics recycling industries struggled to sustain growth in 2023 because of a dormant market, dominated by lack of demand for used equipment and parts, and hesitation from companies that have refrained from relinquishing their aging assets. Asset procurement on the upstream side and trading in the downstream sector were weak, and as a result, prices fell substantially. Continue Reading
Bob Johnson speaks onstage at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference in Orlando. | Big Wave Productions / Resource Recycling, Inc.
When it comes to ITAD data protection and privacy compliance, I tend not to be an alarmist. For the most part, service providers, especially certified service providers, operate in a compliant manner and are actually more secure and compliant than the clients they serve. Continue Reading
Government officials detained 301 containers and found 106 contained e-scrap shipped from Los Angeles. | Peresanz/Shutterstock
The Malaysian government inspected more than 300 shipping containers and found that about one-third contained e-scrap illegally imported from the U.S., officials said during a June 26 press conference in Klang, Malaysia. Continue Reading
Bloom ESG experts say that in order to differentiate and win more business, e-scrap recyclers must capitalize on the low-carbon and circular economy. | Chayanuphol/Shutterstock
Waste processing has been a commodity business since its inception as well as a traditionally circular economy. That has only been intensified by the mass adoption of electronic devices in the 20th century, so the e-scrap recycling sector is well poised to capitalize on environmental, social and governance priorities to differentiate leaders from laggards when it comes to providing not only a circular economy service but one at the lowest carbon intensity. Continue Reading