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Legislators have been filing bills all month as the 2025 session starts up, and in the e-scrap realm, two main topics are again at the forefront: extended producer responsibility for batteries and the right to repair consumer electronics. 

After a few years running his own consulting firm, new CXtec CEO Todd Zegers didn't think he'd re-enter the corporate world – until CXtec called. 

Known for mail-in consumer textile recycling, Trashie is moving from closets to junk drawers with mail-in e-scrap recycling, which launched on Dec. 2. 

Envela, the parent company of ITAD company Echo and others, reported higher revenue and operating costs in the third quarter of the year, thanks to a new client. 

A new technology from Blancco Technology Group will allow ITADs and e-scrap recyclers to check if devices are enrolled in Unified Endpoint Management programs before performing data destruction.

High-profile data breaches have highlighted the perils of ITAD, and until multiple companies are "put in the penalty box," it will keep happening, industry experts said during a panel at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference. 

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. 

For years, Discover Financial Services didn't donate its used laptops for reuse due to its data security policies. But a partnership with PCs for People has provided a workaround.

Cyclic Materials received an investment from Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund to accelerate the company's technology for recovering rare earth metals from hard drives.

Several months after announcing it planned to offer extended support for Windows 10, Microsoft named its price for schools and businesses – the cost for individuals is still yet to be announced.