The Pennsylvania location joins three existing Sage facilities in Columbus, Ohio, and, pictured here, Reno, Nevada. | Photo courtesy Sage
Sage Sustainable Electronics is preparing to start up an ITAD processing center in Pennsylvania, increasing the reuse-centered company’s processing capacity by 25%. Continue Reading
ITAD firm Echo reported revenues of $13.3 million for the second quarter of 2024, a year-over-year increase of 16.2%. | JIPEN/Shutterstock
ITAD firm Echo reported a revenue record for the second quarter this year, despite overall company profits being down at parent company Envela.
Global Electronics Recycling brings experience handling solar panels to Tide Rock’s existing portfolio company, Full Circle Electronics. | lccarvalho/Shutterstock
Private equity firm Tide Rock Holdings has acquired Phoenix-based Global Electronics Recycling. The acquisition will help add customers in the aerospace and defense sectors as GER integrates with previous acquisition Full Circle Electronics, the latter company’s CEO said in an interview.
Iron Mountain reported data center decommissioning activities are increasing in demand, largely attributed to the rise of AI services requiring refreshes to bring in state-of-the-art equipment. | Bandersnatch/Shutterstock
Major ITAD provider Iron Mountain reported second-quarter revenue growth of 30% over the prior year, which company leaders attributed to higher business volume and improved used component pricing. Continue Reading
The June 2023 acquisition by global metals company Elemental paved the way for Colt Recycling’s fourth U.S. site, and CEO Jim Maher expects the affiliation to help gain share in the large Texas market. | Courtesy of Colt Recycling
New Hampshire-headquartered Colt Recycling is in the process of starting up its fourth electronics processing facility, located in San Marcos, Texas. Continue Reading
The battery recycling plant has a capacity of millions of pounds of alkaline batteries per year. | Kinek00/Shutterstock
E-scrap processor ERI is getting into the alkaline battery recycling business, opening a new space to process these materials at its 315,000-square-foot electronics recycling and ITAD facility in Plainfield, Indiana. Continue Reading
Enviri has a goal of deriving at least 90% of its annual revenue from its environmental solutions businesses by 2025 and hit 87% in 2023. | Mameraman/Shutterstock
Industrial and specialty recycled material processor Enviri released its 2023 environmental, social and governance report, which touched on the electronics it recycles via its subsidiary Clean Earth. Continue Reading
Tennessee-based S3 Recycling Solutions recently acquired a Los Angeles-area medical asset disposition company, part of a five-year strategy to manage rapid growth. | Photo Courtesy of S3
S3 Recycling Solutions recently acquired its first location outside of its home state of Tennessee, and plans to make more acquisitions in the next few years to complement the company’s organic growth. Continue Reading
ERI reintroduced 120.39 million pounds of commodities into the economy and processed 3.6 million pounds of electronics for reuse in 2023. | SibFilm/Shutterstock
Of the 124 million pounds of e-scrap nationwide processor ERI collected last year, 97% was processed for commodity recovery and the remaining 3% went to reuse. That was one takeaway from the company’s latest sustainability report. Continue Reading
To accommodate the upgrade, about 10,000 square feet were added to the existing CompuCycle facility, bringing it to 50,000 square feet. | Myibean/Shutterstock
Houston-based CompuCycle brought its planned plastic sorting line upgrade online, allowing it to process up to three tons of e-plastic per hour, including PS, ABS, PE and PP. Continue Reading