Training, technology and teamwork are the watchwords at ITAD company PlanITROI's new $9 million facility. 

A startup company is applying expertise from eLoop, Carnegie Mellon University and a past Apple partnership to speed up disassembly of flat-panel displays. 

Camston Wrather, a California-headquartered company that developed printed circuit board processing technology and owned ITAD firm Stream Recycling Solutions, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy this month, indicating the company will liquidate its assets to pay creditors.

Longtime ITAD processor Cascade Asset Management has been acquired by Sage Sustainable Electronics, bringing it into the Closed Loop Partners portfolio of companies. Company leaders said a shared vision and long experience in the industry make the move complementary to each firm.

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Clover Wireless, Teleplan Service Logistics DBA Reconext of Calexico, California; Ecocycle of Campbellfield, Australia; E-Lake Trading DBA EcoStar Wireless of Livonia, Michigan; Engrane Verde of Hermosillo, Mexico; Erday of

A driver who worked on IT asset disposition jobs at Wisetek recently pleaded guilty to stealing assets – including sensitive federal government devices – during disposition jobs and reselling them in 2022 and 2023, representing a significant ITAD-related data breach.

Kuusakoski US will close its two Illinois electronics and CRT glass processing facilities and exit the U.S. altogether, refocusing on its European operations after what the company described as severe, prolonged financial challenges in the U.S.

Cascade Asset Management and Sage Sustainable Electronics are planning to merge, with company leaders saying more details will be released in the future. 

With the approach of the annual March 1 deadline to opt into the 2026 Illinois Consumer Electronics Recycling Act, state and national organizers held an information session and provided an update on amendments to CERA legislation.

Bloom ESG launched the first ISO-approved avoided-emissions methodology for the e-scrap industry. Idaho National Laboratory will collaborate