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What type of organization do you operate or work in?*

What is your organization's core business?*

Please select only one response that best fit your company's areas of activity

Please note: In this survey, when we refer to "current quarter" or "most recent quarter," we mean the calendar THIRD quarter of 2023.

EMPLOYMENT

How many employees (FTE) did your organization have during the most recent quarter?*

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

How did your employee (FTE) count evolve during the most recent quarter compared with the same quarter in the prior year?*

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

How do you anticipate your FTE count will change over the next 12 months? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

REVENUE

What was your company's revenue during the most recent quarter (in U.S. dollars)? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

How did your revenue during the most recent quarter compare with the same quarter in the prior year?*

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

How do you anticipate your revenue will change over the next 12 months? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

In the current quarter, what is the approximate percentage of your revenue and profits that came from the following business activities?

Please input just numbers, with the total at bottom equal to 100%

	Percent of Revenue	Percent of Profit
	Percent of Revenue	Percent of Profit
Enterprise services such as premium data destruction	Percent of Revenue	Percent of Profit
Sales of devices into the secondary market	Percent of Revenue	Percent of Profit
Sales of harvested parts and components	Percent of Revenue	Percent of Profit
Sales of scrap and commodities	Percent of Revenue	Percent of Profit
Other	Percent of Revenue	Percent of Profit
Don't know	Percent of Revenue	Percent of Profit

BUSINESS & OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

Do you feel business conditions in the most recent quarter were better, worse, or the same as the prior quarter?*

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations on a sequential quarterly basis

Please provide a brief response about why you believe business conditions changed over the last quarter (if you marked "same," please write "N/A" below).*

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Do you feel business conditions in the most recent quarter were better, worse, or the same as the same quarter the year before? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

Please provide a brief response about why you believe business conditions changed over the past year (if you marked "same," or would not like to share insights, please write "N/A" below).*

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Looking forward, do you expect business conditions to improve, worsen, or remain the same over the next 12 months? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

Please provide a brief response about why you believe business conditions will change over the next 12 months (if you marked "same," please mark "N/A" below). *

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CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

Did your company make any significant capital investments (above and beyond normal capital maintenance spending) in the most recent quarter?*

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

If yes, please estimate the dollar amount of additional capital spending your company made in the most recent quarter.

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

Does your company plan to make any significant capital investments (above and beyond normal capital maintenance spending) related to electronics reuse and recycling over the next 12 months? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

If yes, please estimate the dollar amount of additional capital spending your company is planning over the next 12 months.

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

If yes, please briefly describe the capital investments:*

If no, please enter N/A

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ACQUISITIONS AND EQUITY INVESTMENTS

Do you anticipate that your company will be acquired by investors and/or an industry player over the next 12 months? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

Do you anticipate selling a non-controlling stake in your company over the next 12 months? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

Do you anticipate your company acquiring another company in the electronics reuse and recycling space over the next 12 months? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

Do you anticipate your company acquiring a non-controlling stake in another electronics reuse and recycling company over the next 12 months? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

COMPETITION

In the most recent quarter, do you believe your sector of the industry has had little competition, a lot of competition or a moderate amount? *

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

During the most recent quarter, was there more, less or the same amount of competition in your industry sector compared with the same quarter during the prior year?*

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

Looking forward, do you expect more, less or the same amount of competition over the next 12 months?*

Please focus only on your electronics reuse- and recycling-related operations

ITAD services provider

ITAD services providers questions (including OEMs, leasing/financing, data destruction, remarketing of electronics, and dismantling of end-of-life devices)

Comparing this most recent quarter with all prior time periods, do you think your clients' awareness of the importance of proper data destruction increased, decreased or remained the same? Note: In this and the following questions, "clients" refers to organizations (businesses, nonprofits, governments) supplying the electronics that need data destroyed.

Comparing this most recent quarter with all prior time periods, were your clients willing to pay more, less or the same amount of money to ensure proper data destruction?

Comparing this most recent quarter with all prior time periods, do you think your clients' awareness of the environmental benefits of reuse/recycling increased, decreased or remained the same?

Comparing this most recent quarter with all prior time periods, were your clients willing to pay more, less or the same amount to realize the environmental benefits of reuse/recycling?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, did your clients increase, decrease or maintain their level of IT refresh activities/projects?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the quarter immediately preceding it, did your clients increase, decrease or maintain their level of IT refresh activities/projects?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the same quarter a year prior, how have secondary market prices for used electronics changed?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the quarter immediately preceding it, how have secondary market prices for used electronics changed?

Electronics commodities recovery questions

E-scrap commodities recovery companies questions (primarily dismantling and/or shredding and sorting of end-of-life materials).

Comparing this most recent quarter with all prior time periods, were your clients willing to pay more, less or the same amount to realize the environmental benefits of reuse/recycling?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, were average volumes of incoming end-of-life electronics higher, lower or the same?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the quarter immediately preceding it, were average volumes of incoming end-of-life electronics higher, lower or the same?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, were average e-scrap metals prices you were able to fetch higher, lower or the same?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the quarter immediately preceding it, were average e-scrap metals prices you were able to fetch higher, lower or the same?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, were average e-plastics values higher, lower or the same?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the quarter immediately preceding it, were average e-plastics values higher, lower or the same?

Downstream metals recovery processor questions

Questions only for downstream metals recovery companies (leaching, smelting and/or refining).

Comparing this most recent quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, were average volumes of incoming e-scrap higher, lower or the same?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the quarter immediately preceding it, were average volumes of incoming end-of-life electronics higher, lower or the same?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, were average e-scrap metals prices you paid suppliers higher, lower or the same?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the quarter immediately preceding it, were average e-scrap metals prices you paid suppliers higher, lower or the same?

Equipment/products/software supplier questions

Questions only for equipment, products or software manufacturers or suppliers.

Comparing this most recent quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, how did sales of your electronics recycling/reuse equipment, products or software change?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the quarter immediately preceding it, how did sales of your electronics recycling/reuse equipment, products or software change?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, how did your costs of making your electronics recycling/reuse equipment, product or software (raw materials, labor, administrative overhead, etc.) change?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the quarter immediately preceding it, how did your costs of making your electronics recycling/reuse equipment, product or software (raw materials, labor, administrative overhead, etc.) change?

Logistics company questions

Questions only for shipping and logistics companies (not including electronics processors with logistics operations).

Comparing this most recent quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, how did the number of bookings for used electronics/e-scrap change?

Comparing this most recent quarter with the quarter immediately preceding it, how did the number of bookings for used electronics/e-scrap change?

Investors questions

Questions only for investors (not including electronics reuse/recycling company managers with ownership interests).

Comparing this most recent quarter with all prior time periods, do you see more, less or the same amount of interest from the investment community in striking deals in the electronics recycling and reuse sector?

Comparing this most recent quarter with all prior time periods, do you see more, less or the same number of opportunities to invest in the electronics recycling and reuse sector?

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The Survey

Purpose

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Please confirm first and last names and email

Please note: In this survey, when we refer to "current quarter" or "most recent quarter," we mean the calendar THIRD quarter of 2023.

EMPLOYMENT

REVENUE

BUSINESS & OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

ACQUISITIONS AND EQUITY INVESTMENTS

COMPETITION

ITAD services provider

ITAD services providers questions (including OEMs, leasing/financing, data destruction, remarketing of electronics, and dismantling of end-of-life devices)

Electronics commodities recovery questions

E-scrap commodities recovery companies questions (primarily dismantling and/or shredding and sorting of end-of-life materials).

Downstream metals recovery processor questions

Questions only for downstream metals recovery companies (leaching, smelting and/or refining).

Equipment/products/software supplier questions

Questions only for equipment, products or software manufacturers or suppliers.

Logistics company questions

Questions only for shipping and logistics companies (not including electronics processors with logistics operations).

Investors questions

Questions only for investors (not including electronics reuse/recycling company managers with ownership interests).

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