Computer chips and manufacturing

Intel Corporation

Intel’s FY2025 filing describes ultrapure water for silicon wafers, fresh or reclaimed water for facility systems, and waste segregation and supplier-technology evaluation. Those corporate disclosures do not establish a site-specific chemical recipe, metal-bearing scrap stream, recovery yield or approved re-entry route.

Industry
Electronics & Semiconductors
Region
United States
Evidence through
Sources
10 public

Key facts

Company
Intel Corporation
Industry
Electronics & Semiconductors
Materials
Batteries, Copper, PFAS, Solvents
Processes
Recycling
Regions
North America
Countries
United States
Evidence through

Top material flows in

Santa Clara, California, U.S. · Industrial, electronics & aerospace · Semiconductors & batteries

Intel's 2025 Form 10-K describes ultrapure water as essential to wafer manufacturing, fresh and reclaimed water in facility systems, and continued work to recover and reuse waste through segregation and supplier technologies. The filing also ties executive and employee performance bonuses to the 95% renewable-electricity target achieved at the end of 2025. Public disclosure does not establish one fab, chemical stream, recovery yield, reclaim specification or approved re-entry route.

  • Ultrapure water for removing impurities from silicon wafers
  • Fresh or reclaimed water for facility systems

These are corporate disclosures, not a fab-specific input inventory. Source

Top waste & residual flows

  • 14.7M lb of TRI-listed chemical waste managed across 6 matched U.S. facility leads (2024)
  • The reviewed filing does not identify the composition or quantity of a specific fab residual stream.

No fab-residual buyer, recovery yield or available inventory is established by the matched TRI total.

Who controls the physical system

Parent → legal entity → owner → operator → plant, as resolved from public filings.

Legal entity
Intel Corporation (Delaware corporation), NASDAQ: INTC
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California
Key U.S. fabs
Chandler, Arizona (Ocotillo campus, Intel 18A ramped to high-volume manufacturing in 2025) · New Albany, Ohio (under construction, pace slowed on demand/capex reassessment)
Operating status
The FY2025 filing describes Ohio as a construction project, not an operating fab. Its corporate water/waste statements do not allocate flow quantities to either named location. Source

Financial scale

Scale proxies only, not raw-material purchasing volume unless stated.

Ticker / CIK
INTC / SEC CIK 0000050863
FY2025 revenue
$52.9B, flat year-over-year (reported, FY2025 earnings release)
Arizona (18A)
Ramped to high-volume manufacturing in 2025, Intel's most advanced U.S. process node
Ohio (New Albany)
Construction pace slowed as Intel reassessed demand and capital expenditure

Physical system, in plain terms

Intel’s FY2025 filing describes corporate water use and waste-management work. Ohio remained a wafer-fab construction project in that filing. The sources do not identify a site-specific slurry, sludge, metals inventory or recovery yield at Arizona or Ohio. Source

Production footprint and plant evidence

SiteLocationRole / evidence
Ocotillo campusChandler, Arizona, U.S.Owned and operated. Intel 18A process ramped to high-volume manufacturing in 2025, Intel's leading-edge U.S. node.
New Albany fab (under construction)New Albany, Ohio, U.S.Construction project in the FY2025 filing; construction does not establish an operating fab or routine fab residual stream. Source
6 U.S. TRI reporting IDs in the reported-parent-name match (aggregate only)United States, multiple statesSix reported-parent-matched IDs are listed in the TRI method note below; no site-specific recoverable inventory is established.

The six reporting IDs and matched-form total were reproduced from the captured EPA response. They do not establish a process-recovery route or quantity for a named fab.

Materials and packaging entering the system

Material / inputUseEvidence boundary
Ultrapure waterRemoving impurities from silicon wafersCorporate FY2025 disclosure, not a site-specific quantity
Fresh or reclaimed waterFacility systemsCorporate FY2025 disclosure, not a site-specific balance

Source

Products and product families

Product / segmentEnd marketEvidence status
18A process node chipsData center, client compute, foundry customersProduct family identified; SKU-level detail not public in this brief
Foundry services (Intel Foundry)External semiconductor customersSegment identified per company disclosure; customer-level detail not public

Process and conversion

Intel’s FY2025 filing describes improving waste segregation and evaluating supplier technologies for waste recovery. Intel Resale separately describes global electronic-waste and precious-metal reclaim. Neither passage identifies a fab-residue feedstock, recovery yield or connection to the TRI aggregate. Source Source

Waste, residuals and current disposition, 2024 U.S. TRI

TRI metricQuantity (lb)Basis
Total TRI-listed chemical waste managed14,744,3262024, 6 reporting-facility IDs matched by exact EPA parent field; 52 chemical forms; not a physical inventory

Captured October 4, 2026: EPA 2024 TRI forms selected by exact reported parent_co_name = INTEL CORP; tri_reporting_form joined to tri_form_totals on doc_ctrl_num and tri_facility on tri_facility_id. 52 chemical forms across 6 reporting-facility IDs sum to 14744325.8041 lb of total_prod_waste, rounded to 14,744,326 lb (nearest pound). These reported quantities cover TRI-listed chemicals, not total industrial waste, a single residual stream, recoverable supply or available inventory. Historical data can be revised; parent equality does not independently prove ownership or operating control. Source

Matched reporting IDs: 85226NTLCR5000W, 85248NTLCR4500S, 87124NTLCR4100S, 95052NTLCR3065B, 97007NTLCR3585S, 97124NTLCR2501N.

Regulatory position

  • RCRA hazardous-waste generator rules apply to spent fab chemistries (acids, solvents); Intel's generator classification is not itemized in this brief.
  • The sources reviewed for this brief do not establish an Intel-specific PFAS finding.
  • RoHS and REACH apply to exported electronics and components; export and chain-of-custody controls are also relevant given the strategic-technology status of advanced semiconductor manufacturing.

Certification and standards signals

  • ISO 14001 environmental management is standard across large semiconductor manufacturers industry-wide; no Intel-specific certificate number or facility scope is verified in this brief.
  • R2 or e-Stewards certification is the relevant standard where electronics/component recycling scope applies; no Intel-specific certificate is verified here.

Innovation, pilots and announced capacity

  • Intel reported that its 18A process entered high-volume manufacturing at its Arizona campus in 2025.
  • Ohio fab construction pace slowed as Intel reassessed demand and capital expenditure, a capacity-timeline signal, not a cancellation (Reported).
  • No Intel-specific precious-metal reclaim, water-reuse, or specialty-chemical recovery program is confirmed at a named U.S. site in this brief.

Evidence and source boundaries

The public records reviewed do not identify the composition, concentration, recovery route, yield, buyer or sale of a specific Intel fab residual. TRI quantities do not establish recoverable supply. Intel Resale’s electronic-waste reclaim is a separate company-described activity. Source Source

Sources

Current source · 2025 Form 10-K

Intel Corporation, official filing. Added in the September 2026 evidence refresh. The source supports the bounded company-specific signal above and does not establish a buyer, supply agreement, ownership, operating control or customer qualification by itself.

Open source →

Current source · Natural capital

Intel, official annual-report disclosure. Added in the September 2026 evidence refresh. The source supports the bounded company-specific signal above and does not establish a buyer, supply agreement, ownership, operating control or customer qualification by itself.

Open source →

Material Transition editorial interpretation

Intel says it manufactures semiconductor chips and other computing devices. This page does not establish the material inputs, water use or scrap composition at any specific site. [1]

Sources

  1. [1]
    What is Manufacturing? (opens in a new tab)

    intel.com

    Supports Intel's stated manufacturing scope only. It does not establish the material inputs, water use, scrap composition or flows at any particular site.

  2. [2]
    Intel Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Financial Results (opens in a new tab)

    intc.com

    Intel Corporation Investor Relations · Jan 2026 · freshness: Current

  3. [3]
    Intel Corp, Form 10-K, FY2025 (opens in a new tab)

    sec.gov

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · Filed 2026 · freshness: Current

  4. [4]
    Intel Corporation company facts (XBRL) (opens in a new tab)

    data.sec.gov

    SEC EDGAR companyfacts API · Accessed Sep 16, 2026 · freshness: Current

  5. [5]
    TRI Basic Data Files, Calendar Years 1987---Present (opens in a new tab)

    epa.gov

    U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory Program · 2024 reporting year · freshness: Current

  6. [6]
    Current source · 2025 Form 10-K (opens in a new tab)

    intc.com

    Intel Corporation, official filing. Added in the September 2026 evidence refresh. The source supports the bounded company-specific signal above and does not establish a buyer, supply agreement, ownership, operating control or customer qualification by itself.

  7. [7]
    Current source · Natural capital (opens in a new tab)

    intc.com

    Intel, official annual-report disclosure. Added in the September 2026 evidence refresh. The source supports the bounded company-specific signal above and does not establish a buyer, supply agreement, ownership, operating control or customer qualification by itself.

  8. [8]
    Intel FY2025 Form 10-K (opens in a new tab)

    sec.gov

    Corporate water/waste context and Ohio construction stage, not site recipes, reclaim yields or residual inventory.

  9. [9]
    Intel Resale, Precious Metal Reclaim, captured October 4, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

    intel.com

    Separate e-waste activity; no connection to fab slurries, sludge or TRI amounts.

  10. [10]
    EPA: Common TRI Terms (opens in a new tab)

    epa.gov

    Definitions only. Does not validate the imported company aggregates, facility matches, equipment or recovery yields.