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Q&A: Iron Mountain on Windows 10 end-of-life

Published: August 14, 2025
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The Windows 10 end-of-life is expected to surpass previous transitions, including Windows 8, because of its broad enterprise adoption, an Iron Mountain executive said. | Artem Postoev/Shutterstock

As of Oct. 14, Microsoft will discontinue free security updates, technical support and feature updates for the 10-year-old Windows 10 operating system, making PCs more vulnerable to security risks. As such, ITAD providers are facing an influx of devices that may differ from previous phaseouts.  Continue Reading

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Pulse Supply Chain opens Dallas repair, recovery facility

Published: August 14, 2025
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Pulse Supply Chain Solutions has opened a 15,000-square-foot facility in Dallas for device repair and recovery, expanding services and boosting certified reuse capacity. | Pulse Supply Chain Solutions

Texas-based Pulse Supply Chain Solutions has opened a new facility in its home state, expanding the company’s footprint and capabilities in electronics reuse. Continue Reading

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ReMA suggests DOE invest in recycling for critical materials

Published: August 14, 2025
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E-scrap recycling could be the key to strengthening domestic supplies of critical materials, according to the Recycled Materials Association’s comments to the Department of Energy. | Tada Images/Shutterstock

The Recycled Materials Association suggested the U.S. Department of Energy invest in the e-scrap recycling industry in response to the agency’s 2026 Energy Critical Materials Assessment. Continue Reading

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Two prospective PROs bid for Oregon e-scrap program

Published: July 31, 2025
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Lifecycle Innovations, out of Wisconsin, and current Oregon PRO MRM laid out plans for the program, which now can accommodate more than one administrating organization. | PIYAWAT WONGOPASS/Shutterstock

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Two prospective producer responsibility organizations (PROs) have submitted bids to manage Oregon’s revamped E-Cycles program, which will launch Jan. 1, 2026. Continue Reading

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More processors settle in Iowa CRT stockpile case

Published: August 7, 2025
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The Recycletronics stockpile in Akron, Iowa was cleaned up in 2022, and the U.S. EPA is seeking to recover costs from companies that allegedly supplied CRTs to the site. | Photo courtesy U.S. EPA

Five recycling companies have agreed to pay relatively small sums to the U.S. EPA to settle claims that they supplied minor quantities of cathode ray tube materials to failed processor Recycletronics, which abandoned stockpiles throughout Iowa and Nebraska. Continue Reading

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Closed Loop companies hit with $3 million in Ohio penalties

Published: August 7, 2025
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Material inside the Closed Loop 1655 Watkins Road facility in 2015.

Closed Loop abandoned hundreds of millions of pounds of cathode ray tube glass, spurring years of legal battles. | Courtesy of consulting firm AECOM

An Ohio county judge has ordered Closed Loop Refining & Recovery and Closed Loop Glass to pay civil penalties to the state in what Ohio’s attorney general called the “final chapter” in the massive CRT stockpile cleanup case in that state. Continue Reading

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Iron Mountain sees ITAD surge, raises forecast on record Q2

Published: August 7, 2025
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Iron Mountain posted record Q2 revenue and raised its 2025 outlook, driven by growth in digital services, data centers, and asset lifecycle management, with strong global momentum. | Photo Courtesy of Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain reported a sharp jump in asset lifecycle management (ALM) revenue in the second quarter, helping drive record results and a full-year forecast raise as demand grows for secure IT asset disposition and data center decommissioning services. Continue Reading

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New ITAD firm launches, acquiring two processors

Published: July 31, 2025
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Stacked devices for recycling.

Paladin plans to acquire additional companies and also grow organically in the months and years ahead. | Aquatarkus/Shutterstock

Formed by private equity and acquisitions of electronics processors in Florida and Minnesota, Paladin EnviroTech launched this week as the latest entrant in the ITAD space, with multiple industry veterans in leadership roles. Continue Reading

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Companies set to boost US rare earth magnet recycling

Published: July 31, 2025
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Electronics processor ILS will supply magnets sourced from end-of-life hard drives to HyProMag for rare earth recovery. | SolidMaks/Shutterstock

A new partnership between rare earth processor HyProMag USA and electronics recovery firm Intelligent Lifecycle Solutions aims to secure and sustain domestic access to rare earth magnets used in everything from electric vehicles to smartphones to missile systems. Continue Reading

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Guilty pleas in surplus equipment disposal scheme

Published: July 24, 2025
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Monitors collected for recycling.

The scheme revolved around disposing of high-value electronics as scrap for recycling, and then reselling the devices for their higher market values. | Koy Hipster/Shutterstock

Three individuals have pleaded guilty to a scheme through which used electronics from The Ohio State University were artificially undervalued and disposed of as “scrap,” only for the downstream vendors to turn around and sell them for higher values and pay kickbacks to the manager of the university’s surplus department. Continue Reading

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