Tailwind Capital is the latest private equity player to bet on the booming IT asset disposition industry, taking a majority stake in DMD Systems Recovery this month. The deal marks Tailwind’s first big move into the ITAD sector.

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) reported Q4 2025 revenue of $2.8 million, a 183% increase over the prior quarter, while full year revenue, ended June 30, 2025, surged 1,149% to $4.3 million compared with fiscal 2024. 

Ever since I interviewed Lauren Roman of Transparent Planet about the electric vehicle (EV) battery sector and its recycling aspects, I started spending more time tracking what was happening there.

In its recent quarterly investor call, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) was the latest technology firm to credit a sustained cycle of enterprise infrastructure upgrades for a prolonged increase of used equipment into secondary markets.

Dell Technologies reported record-breaking second-quarter revenue for fiscal 2026, largely driven by surging demand for AI-optimized servers, while executives also signaled that the PC refresh driven by the Windows 10 end of life would stretch out for some time.

The E-Scrap Conference agenda features a rich program that offers operational detail and high-level strategy as attendees face immediate market realities in the near term and structural changes in the long term.

After announcing its first US facility in Houston, Texas, Metallium has now secured two additional sites in Massachusetts and Virginia for future electronics recovery plants, and received a $100,000 contract with the US Department of Defense. 

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled four new funding opportunities to expand domestic production and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen the supply chains for clean-energy technologies.

Private equity firm Closed Loop Partners recently released its 2024 impact report, which included a summary of its work in electronics recovery.

The U.S. IT asset disposition and electronics recycling industries struggled to sustain growth in 2023 because of a dormant market, dominated by lack of demand for used equipment and parts, and hesitation from companies that have refrained from relinquishing their aging assets. Asset procurement on the upstream side and trading in the downstream sector were weak, and as a result,...