Category: News Room

John Shegerian for Newsweek “The Critical Minerals America Needs Are in Your Junk Drawer”

America’s demand for critical materials has reached a definitive tipping point. Recently, the urgency finally became official policy.Signed on July 20, 2026, Executive Order 14415 made clear that the United States can no longer tolerate supply chains exposed to physical disruption, cyber threats, economic coercion, or dependence on geopolitical adversaries. Beginning January 1, 2027, the […]

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ERI and Cyclic Materials Team Up on E-Scrap

ERI, one of the largest electronics recycling and IT asset disposition companies in the United States, has entered a strategic partnership with Cyclic Materials, a Mesa, Arizona-based company that recovers rare earth elements from end-of-life products. The companies announced the deal July 21, framing it as an effort to build out one of the largest […]

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ERI and Cyclic Materials Form Partnership to Recover and Recycle Rare Earths and Critical Minerals from E-Waste

ERI, a leading international material resource recovery, ITAD and tech reuse and recycling company, today announced the signing of a global strategic partnership agreement with Cyclic Materials, the rare earth recycling company building circular supply infrastructure for critical materials. The partnership is intended to form one of the largest rare earth recovery ecosystems in the […]

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ERI’s New Jersey Facility Featured On CBS

Electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world, and ERI is leading the charge to address it.As the nation’s largest IT asset disposition (ITAD) and electronics recycling company, ERI helps responsibly recycle and securely process millions of unwanted electronics each year. In this CBS feature, correspondent Evyn Moon interviews ERI Chairman […]

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ERI Provides Nationwide Circular Data Center Services at Indiana Facility

ERI, the leading international material resource recovery, ITAD and tech reuse and recycling company, now maintains eight full-service ITAD facilities across more than a million square feet, equipped to provide IT lifecycle services for data centers, including at its state-of-the-art flagship supercenter location in Plainfield, Indiana.With each of ERI’s eight facilities strategically positioned geographically in […]

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ERI Publishes Annual 2025 Impact Report, with Focus on Innovation, Circularity and Materiality

ERI, the leading international material resource recovery, ITAD and tech reuse and recycling company, has announced the release of its sixth annual Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2025, which can be accessed on the company’s website at ERIdirect.com.The report summarizes the impact of ERI’s achievements, innovations and highlights from the previous year and demonstrates the […]

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ERI to Grow Hyper Data Center Lifecycle Services Sales Team

ERI, the leading international material resource recovery, ITAD and tech reuse and recycling company, announced today that due to steadily continued domestic growth, and a surge in international expansion, it is looking to expand the global sales team for its hyper data center lifecycle services.“We’re proud to continue building our ERI team on a global […]

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John Shegerian’s LA Times Commentary on the Future of the Circular Digital Economy

From smartphones and laptops to data centers and IoT devices, the digital economy has reshaped modern life with astonishing speedIn 2025 alone, global smartphone sales reached 1.25 billion units, while the number of IoT devices in the market is projected to skyrocket to 29 billion by 2029.But while the digital economy connects the world, drives […]

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ERI’s John Shegerian Shares Circular Economy and Critical Minerals Insights at VerdeXchange 26 Conference

John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of ERI, the nation’s leading material resource recovery, ITAD and tech reuse and recycling company, was featured as a speaker on multiple panels at the VerdeXchange annual conference at the Biltmore Los Angeles this week.Communication and education are vital if we are to problem-solve and work together to create solutions […]

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ERI’s Angie Ransom Shares Insights on Landscape for Batteries and Electronics at Battery & Universal Waste Recycling Conference

Angie Ransom, Vice President of Retail for ERI, the nation’s leading material resource recovery, ITAD, mobility and data destruction/processing provider and largest recycler of electronics, was a featured panelist for the event closing keynote discussion at the Battery and Universal Waste Conference yesterday at the Sheraton Grand Nashville.In the panel, moderated by DeAnne Toto, Editorial […]

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