# 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
- Collection: Active
- Regions: North America
- Countries: United States
- Materials: Batteries, Copper, PFAS, Solvents
- Processes: Recycling
- Evidence through: 2026-09-18
- Canonical URL: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/intel-corporation

## 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. [8]

### 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. [8]

### 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. [8]

## Production footprint and plant evidence

| Site | Location | Role / evidence |
|-|-|-|
| Ocotillo campus | Chandler, 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. [8] |
| 6 U.S. TRI reporting IDs in the reported-parent-name match (aggregate only) | United States, multiple states | Six 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 / input | Use | Evidence boundary |
|-|-|-|
| Ultrapure water | Removing impurities from silicon wafers | Corporate FY2025 disclosure, not a site-specific quantity |
| Fresh or reclaimed water | Facility systems | Corporate FY2025 disclosure, not a site-specific balance |

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### Products and product families

| Product / segment | End market | Evidence status |
|-|-|-|
| 18A process node chips | Data center, client compute, foundry customers | Product family identified; SKU-level detail not public in this brief |
| Foundry services (Intel Foundry) | External semiconductor customers | Segment 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. [8] [9]

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

| TRI metric | Quantity (lb) | Basis |
|-|-|-|
| Total TRI-listed chemical waste managed | 14,744,326 | 2024, 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. [10]

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. [8] [9]

### Sources

- Intel Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Financial Results
  Intel Corporation Investor Relations · Jan 2026 · freshness: Current
  https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1759/intel-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-financial [2]
- Intel Corp, Form 10-K, FY2025
  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · Filed 2026 · freshness: Current
  https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50863/000005086326000011/intc-20251227.htm [3]
- Intel Corporation company facts (XBRL)
  SEC EDGAR companyfacts API · Accessed Sep 16, 2026 · freshness: Current
  https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000050863.json [4]
- TRI Basic Data Files, Calendar Years 1987---Present
  U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory Program · 2024 reporting year · freshness: Current
  https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/tri-basic-data-files-calendar-years-1987-present [5]

#### 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.

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#### 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.

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## 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] What is Manufacturing? - https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/tech101/corporate/what-is-manufacturing.html - 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] Intel Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Financial Results - https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1759/intel-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-financial - Intel Corporation Investor Relations · Jan 2026 · freshness: Current
- [3] Intel Corp, Form 10-K, FY2025 - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50863/000005086326000011/intc-20251227.htm - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · Filed 2026 · freshness: Current
- [4] Intel Corporation company facts (XBRL) - https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000050863.json - SEC EDGAR companyfacts API · Accessed Sep 16, 2026 · freshness: Current
- [5] TRI Basic Data Files, Calendar Years 1987---Present - https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/tri-basic-data-files-calendar-years-1987-present - U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory Program · 2024 reporting year · freshness: Current
- [6] Current source · 2025 Form 10-K - https://www.intc.com/filings-reports/all-sec-filings/content/0000050863-26-000011/intc-20251227.htm - 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] Current source · Natural capital - https://www.intc.com/intel-online-annual-report/our-capital/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.
- [8] Intel FY2025 Form 10-K - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50863/000005086326000011/intc-20251227.htm - Corporate water/waste context and Ohio construction stage, not site recipes, reclaim yields or residual inventory.
- [9] Intel Resale, Precious Metal Reclaim, captured October 4, 2026 - https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/resale-corporation/intel-resale-corporation.html - Separate e-waste activity; no connection to fab slurries, sludge or TRI amounts.
- [10] EPA: Common TRI Terms - https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/common-tri-terms - Definitions only. Does not validate the imported company aggregates, facility matches, equipment or recovery yields.

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