Recovert Blog

After you sell e-waste, the buyer receives a refinery report showing exactly what was recovered and what it was worth. You never see it. Here is what that report contains — and how to know your material value before the transaction starts.

Category averages systematically misprice electronic waste. Here is how composition-based pricing works — and how to apply it to a real batch using certified data before your next negotiation.

CO₂ saved measures emissions avoided by recycling e-waste instead of mining virgin metals. Here is how Recovert calculates it per device using GHG Protocol methodology — and how to use it for ESG reporting.

Most e-waste is bought and sold without certified composition data. Here's how that gap between what buyers know and sellers don't creates a systematic, measurable cost — and what changes when documentation exists.

Two RAM modules, same form factor — yet gold content differs by 57%. Why manufacturer, not chip count, determines RAM scrap value.

Metal composition tells you what's in a material. Recovery rate tells you how much you can actually extract. Here's why they're different — and how to use both before valuing a batch.

A complete walkthrough of every data point on a Recovert analysis page, using the Apple iPad PCB (TAB-0004) as a real example.

Why most e-waste sellers undervalue their material — and how certified composition data changes the negotiation.