End-of-life electronics
Operations
End-of-life electronics are devices that are no longer viable for resale as working units and are routed instead to parts harvesting, material recovery, or WEEE-compliant recycling.
Determining the end-of-life threshold is a pricing decision: as resale value approaches processing cost, the economic case for refurbishment disappears and the device is better routed to component or material recovery. Tracking depreciation curves and grade-level market prices enables operators to identify the point at which each device crosses from secondary market asset to end-of-life material, maximising recovery value across the full portfolio.