Redwood Materials raised $350 million led by Eclipse Ventures and Nvidia’s NVentures to expand battery recycling, energy storage and domestic material recovery. | Photo courtesy Redwood Materials
Battery recycling and energy storage firm Redwood Materials has raised $350 million in new funding led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from Nvidia’s investment arm NVentures and other investors. Continue Reading
Earnings from Microsoft, Apple and Amazon show robust demand for cloud and AI hardware, signaling steady IT refresh cycles and growing feedstock for recycling firms. | MMD Creative / Shutterstock
Earnings season is in full swing and the latest results from Microsoft, Apple and Amazon show that the global technology hardware cycle remains extremely active heading into late 2025. Continue Reading
Critical Materials Recycling and Paladin EnviroTech have launched REcapture, a joint venture focused on recovering rare earths from electronics and industrial waste. | Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock
Critical Materials Recycling and Paladin EnviroTech have announced the creation of a joint venture called REcapture, aimed at capturing and recycling rare earth elements from consumer, automotive and industrial electronics. Continue Reading
After extended service phases out in 2027-2028, retired laptops will help drive recovery of copper, aluminum and other metals. | Photo by Ivan Hafizov
These past few weekends, I found myself scrolling through Amazon’s refurbished‑laptop listings—a habit I use to gauge what’s moving through the secondary market. Page after page told the same story: hundreds of Dell Latitudes, HP EliteBooks and Lenovo ThinkPads advertised with the familiar Windows 10 Pro badge.
Following a report urging deeper scrutiny of e-scrap exporters, the organization previewed its full-year report to help improve confidence in the R2 process. | Ibrahim Alkan/Shutterstock
Ahead of the release of a full year-end report, SERI provided a preview of the outcomes from its Assurance activities in 2025.
Industry experts noted that policy initiatives and certification standards are propelling the sector forward despite loopholes and challenges. | Photo by Big Wave Productions
The opening plenary at the E-Scrap Conference in Grapevine, Texas set out five forces that are reshaping electronics recovery: rapid device change, battery risk, compliance pressure, policy updates and AI-driven data centers. Continue Reading
While legislators enact bans that aim to reduce vape waste, manufacturers are creating loopholes around the sale of disposable devices. | B.Robinson/Shutterstock
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I recently connected with Michael Duckworth, founder of Positive Energy Environmental Solutions, via video conference. Duckworth established the vape recycling company in 2023 after identifying a critical infrastructure gap for vape recycling in Nebraska and nationwide. Continue Reading
Many 2025 devices incorporate recycled metals and bio‑based finishes, but internal construction decisions such as soldered memory and layered adhesives still limit recoverability. | Eric Glenn/Shutterstock
As the latest generation of laptops reaches the desks of students and professionals, a closer look beneath the surface reveals a tension between sustainability aspirations and end‑of‑life reality.
A Basel Action Network study links US e-scrap brokers to large exports into Asia and urges regulators, auditors and lawmakers to close oversight gaps. | Nattanan726/Shutterstock
Nonprofit organization Basel Action Network released a report attributing surging US e-scrap exports to Southeast Asia to brokers posing as recyclers but acting mainly as shippers, a “hidden tsunami” the group says should trigger regulatory and certification reviews.
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Over the past two years, the face of sustainability and IT asset disposition finance has evolved dramatically. | Koy Hipster / Shutterstock
On Tuesday, October 28, the Plenary Session of E-Scrap Conference will address “How Mergers and Acquisitions are Reshaping the ITAD Sector.” The discussion will be timely and important because the ITAD and electronics recycling sectors are being propelled by a fast-expanding universe of active capital. Continue Reading