METech Recycling

What METech Recycling does

METech Recycling, Inc. is a US-based electronics recycling and IT asset disposition (ITAD) operator founded in 1968 (originally as RMI/Refinemet International) and headquartered in Gilroy, California. The company operates five R2v3-certified processing facilities across California, Colorado, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Utah, supported by a private fleet for secure local transport and a vetted 3PL network for nationwide coverage. Following an April 2025 reverse acquisition, METech became a wholly owned operating subsidiary of First America Resources Corporation (public, ticker FARS), with FY2025 revenue of $18.8M.

The company's core technology centers on a cradle-to-cradle de-manufacturing process that disassembles electronic devices into four distinct material streams — precious metals, other metals, plastics, and glass — before in-house mechanical shredding and downstream smelting. Complementary capabilities include NIST SP800-88 and DoD 5220.22-M compliant data destruction (single, 3, or 7-pass erasure, degaussing, and physical destruction), real-time client portal tracking with serialized chain-of-custody documentation, and a carbon footprint calculator that translates recycled tonnage into gasoline and vehicle emissions equivalents. Specialized offerings extend into solar panel recycling, lithium-ion and BESS decommissioning with second-life evaluation, medical device recycling under HIPAA, and an R&D-stage rare earth metals partnership with RareTerra.

METech generates revenue primarily through quote-based professional services and transactional fees across five primary verticals: Healthcare, Defense & Government, Data Center & IT, Renewable Energy, and Manufacturing OEM. Pricing varies by material type and volume; customers range from residential (declined, redirected to municipal services) to large enterprise and federal accounts. Differentiation rests on a compliance stack (R2v3, ISO 9001/14001/45001, HIPAA, ITAR, SAM.gov, ANSI) and 50-plus years of operational history, with the company increasingly competing for renewable-energy end-of-life contracts as utility-scale solar and storage fleets age.

Name

METech Recycling

Legal name

METech Recycling, Inc.

Website

https://metechrecycling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

METech Recycling is a US-based, R2v3-certified electronics recycler and IT asset disposition (ITAD) operator running five processing facilities, serving healthcare, defense, data center, renewable energy, and manufacturing clients with secure data destruction, material recovery, and compliance-driven end-of-life IT services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Asset Disposition and Electronics Recycling

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Electronics Recycling & Material Recovery (Dismantling/Separation) (BPALAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Certified Compliance & Reporting Services (R2/e-Stewards, Audit, ESG) (BPALAIAL), Enterprise Hardware Recycling (Servers, Storage, Networking) (BPALAIAI), E-Waste & Electronics Metal Recovery (ITAD, Circuit Boards, Precious Metal Recovery) (IMAKAMAG), Hazardous Materials Handling & Compliance (EHS, Transport, Permitting, Reporting) (EUAMALAI)

Keywords

• Electronics recycling services
• IT asset disposition
• Certified data destruction
• E-waste management
• Solar panel recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Gilroy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Electronics Recycling Services: Fees charged for recycling electronic waste, processing end-of-life electronics, and recovering materials such as precious metals, other metals, plastics, and glass from electronic devices.
2. IT Asset Disposition (ITAD): Revenue from IT asset management services including data destruction, testing, refurbishment, and resale of IT equipment. The company fully tests all equipment prior to resale and remarkets functional assets.
3. Data Destruction Services: Fees for certified data destruction services including single, 3 or 7-pass software data destruction, degaussing, and physical destruction. Certificate of Data Destruction provided for all jobs.
4. Reverse Logistics and Redeployment: Services for managing the return and redeployment of IT assets including asset retrieval, intake and inventory, secure storage, and redistribution across departments.
5. Solar/BESS Recycling: Specialized recycling services for solar panels and Battery Energy Storage Systems including planning, de-energizing, removal, transport, second-life evaluation, and material recovery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

METech Recycling provides electronics recycling, IT asset disposition (ITAD), certified data destruction, reverse logistics, and IT asset recovery services through five R2v3-certified processing facilities in the United States. Services include cradle-to-cradle de-manufacturing that separates devices into precious metals, other metals, plastics, and glass prior to mechanical shredding and smelting, with secure chain-of-custody transport via a private fleet and vetted third-party logistics. Specialized offerings cover solar panel recycling, battery recycling, BESS decommissioning, medical device recycling (HIPAA-compliant), and rare earth metal recovery for healthcare, defense, government, data center, renewable energy, and manufacturing OEM clients.

Product overview

METech Recycling operates as an R2v3-certified electronics recycling and IT asset disposition (ITAD) platform offering a comprehensive suite of services. The core portfolio centers on e-waste recycling, certified data destruction, and IT asset management (ITAM/ITAD), complemented by specialized services including solar panel recycling, medical device recycling, battery recycling, and rare earth metal recovery. The platform includes a client portal with real-time tracking and reporting capabilities, a carbon footprint calculator for ESG impact measurement, and reverse logistics and redeployment services for distributed IT fleets. Services are delivered through five strategically located R2v3-certified processing facilities across the United States (California, Colorado, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Utah), supported by a private fleet for secure transport.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• E-Waste Recycling Electronics recycling service that disassembles and separates electronic devices into distinct material streams (precious metals, other metals, plastics, and glass) for responsible processing and material recovery.
• Data Center Solutions End-to-end data center decommissioning and recycling services including secure removal, data destruction, and material recovery for servers, storage, and networking equipment.
• Certified Data Destruction Secure data destruction services offering single, 3, or 7-pass software data destruction, physical destruction, and degaussing, all sanitized to NIST SP800-88 and DoD 5220.22-M standards.
• IT Asset Management (ITAM/ITAD) Comprehensive IT asset disposition service including full testing of equipment prior to resale, inventory management, and chain-of-custody documentation for retired IT hardware.
• IT Asset Recovery Recovery and remarketing service for IT equipment that still has functional value, helping organizations recoup costs from retired hardware through certified resale channels.
• Reverse Logistics and Redeployment Managed reverse logistics program covering asset retrieval, intake and inventory, secure storage, redeployment evaluation, and disposition for distributed IT fleets.
• Carbon Footprint Calculator Carbon emissions reporting tool that calculates tons of material saved from landfill and converts impact to equivalent gallons of gasoline conserved or annual passenger vehicle emissions removed.
• Solar Panel Recycling Responsible recycling service for end-of-life solar panels, recovering glass, aluminum, silver, and silicon components through thermal processing and mechanical separation.
• Medical Device Recycling HIPAA-compliant medical device recycling with secure data destruction, hazardous component management, and serialized chain-of-custody documentation for healthcare providers.
• Battery Recycling Certified battery recycling service for lithium-ion, lithium-polymer, and other battery types, safely recovering valuable materials including cobalt, nickel, copper, and lithium.
• Rare Earth Metal Recycling Recovery service for rare earth elements from electronics, including partnership with RareTerra for bio-platform-based selective extraction of neodymium, dysprosium, yttrium, and other rare earth metals.
• Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Decommissioning Turnkey decommissioning service for solar battery energy storage systems including planning, de-energization, hazmat-compliant transport, second-life evaluation, and recycling of lithium-ion battery modules.
• Defense and Government Recycling Specialized electronics recycling services for defense and government entities, compliant with ITAR and other federal security requirements.
• Manufacturing OEM Recycling Electronics recycling and secure destruction services for manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and repair centers to protect brand identity and intellectual property.

Quantifiable outcome

• Revenue increased 15.9% to $18.8 million in fiscal year 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• RareTerracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMETech partnered with RareTerra, a startup developing a cost-effective, environmentally friendly bio-platform for selective extraction, separation, and purification of rare earth metals from complex and waste sources. RareTerra uses microbes to separate rare earth metals from other materials through bioaccumulation. METech is working closely with RareTerra supporting their research, currently testing the efficacy of microbes on common e-waste such as hard drives. Founded by Nathan Good and N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez, with support from Activate.org.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sims Lifecycle Services: Global ITAD and electronics recycling arm of Sims Limited, operating large-scale processing facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. A direct competitor in ITAD, data center decommissioning, and enterprise hardware recycling with substantially greater scale and capital resources than METech.
• Iron Mountain (ITAD division): Public information management company offering IT asset disposition and data destruction services as part of a broader records management and storage portfolio. Competes with METech for enterprise ITAD contracts, especially in regulated industries, and brings significant scale and brand.
• SK Tes: Global IT lifecycle services provider formed from the merger of several ITAD businesses, offering enterprise IT asset disposition, data destruction, and reverse logistics across multiple geographies. Comparable in service mix to METech, with broader international footprint.

Direct peers

• Electronic Recyclers International (ERI): One of the largest e-waste recyclers in North America, operating R2-certified facilities with focus on IT asset destruction, data center decommissioning, and electronics recycling. Closest direct competitor to METech by service mix, certification profile, and target verticals.
• Cascade Asset Management: US-based ITAD company providing certified data destruction, IT asset remarketing, and electronics recycling with R2v3 certification. Comparable to METech in service breadth, certification posture, and mid-market enterprise focus.
• HOBI International: Mid-market ITAD and electronics recycler offering data destruction, IT asset recovery, and reverse logistics with R2v3 certification. Direct competitor in the same enterprise ITAD and data center decommissioning niches.
• ECS Refining: Specialty precious metals refiner focused on recovering gold, silver, and platinum group metals from electronic scrap, including circuit boards and IT assets. Directly comparable to METech's four-stream material recovery and precious metals business.

Emerging players

• Li-Cycle: Specialized lithium-ion battery recycling company using hydrometallurgical processes. Overlaps with METech's emerging BESS and battery recycling services, particularly for end-of-life energy storage and EV battery streams.
• Redwood Materials: US-based battery recycling and materials company focused on lithium-ion recovery from EV and energy storage batteries. An emerging competitor in the BESS recycling space METech has entered.
• SOLARCYCLE: US-based solar panel recycling startup specializing in end-of-life photovoltaic module recovery. Emerging competitor in the solar recycling vertical where METech has launched services, with focused technology rather than diversified recycling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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