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IT Asset Disposition Done Right with Ben Cartwright
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- Masters of ITAD
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- Sep 23, 2026
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- 2492
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Summary
What happens to your hardware after you're done with it matters more than you think. Most companies treat old IT equipment like trash. Ben Cartwright thinks that is one of the most expensive mistakes in business. And after spending years in China watching how recovered components get reintegrated into manufacturing, he came back with a perspective that most people in IT asset disposition simply do not have. This episode is for anyone who manages enterprise IT hardware and has ever wondered whether there is a smarter way to handle the end of life process. Whether you are running a data center, managing assets for a private equity portfolio, or sourcing refurbished enterprise IT for resale, the conversation around IT asset disposition is changing fast and Ben explains exactly how. Ben Cartwright is a leader at Cirkadis, a company that started in technology manufacturing using repurposed parts in Shenzhen before evolving into a full lifecycle services provider. With roughly a decade in the IT hardware lifecycle space and fluency in Mandarin from years living in Beijing, Ben brings a genuinely different lens to ITAD services, data center hardware resale, and responsible e-waste recycling. Key Takeaways The ITAD industry started with dumpster divers and is now evolving into lifecycle strategy. Ben traces how IT asset disposition grew from opportunistic resellers finding value in discarded equipment to sophisticated lifecycle companies that engage on day one of a hardware purchase. The right moment to retire hardware depends on your business model, not a universal rule. Residual value curves are real, but Ben explains that the optimal refresh timing for refurbished enterprise IT assets varies based on financing strategy, depreciation schedules, and how aggressively a company…