Looped

Looped (loopedph.com, branded ‘Looped ITAD PH’) is a circular-economy IT asset disposition company operating in the Philippines. It recovers retired laptops, desktops, and monitors from businesses and universities, performs NIST 800-88-compliant data destruction, refurbishes the hardware (including SSD and RAM upgrades), and redistributes the devices to NGOs and underserved communities — describing its mission as ‘closing the loop on e-waste.’ Refurbished units are also resold to consumers at below-market prices. The company’s LinkedIn page shows real, ongoing activity, including a post describing a pilot with partners Jay Fajardo and Proudcloud (an established Philippine cloud/tech company) that diverted 71.8 kg of e-waste from landfills, and posts on the health risks of improper e-waste disposal.

Looped’s own site describes itself as ‘bootstrapped and equity-funded’ with an 88% gross margin, a 73% net income margin, and zero liabilities — a self-reported profitability claim that could not be independently confirmed. Its LinkedIn company page lists roughly 2 to 10 employees and names Timothy Kyle, Aldrich Dave Sampang, Sami Tarabichi, and Kathrina Tiong as team members, though no source explicitly confirms which of them, if any, holds a founder title, so no founders are listed here. Sources also disagree on the exact headquarters: LinkedIn lists Metro Manila, while a Facebook location field for the company points to Bacolod City. The company lists advisors including the Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines and the Managing Director of AquaKlima Inc. No founding year or specific funding amount was found.

Retired corporate IT hardware in the Philippines is often thrown away rather than securely wiped and reused, contributing to e-waste and exposing sensitive data.

Businesses and universities retiring IT hardware, and the NGOs and communities that receive the refurbished devices.

Combines NIST 800-88-compliant data destruction with refurbishment and redistribution to NGOs, framing itself as a for-profit circular-economy service rather than a pure recycling or donation program.