Recycling assets incorporating wireless tags

A method of recycling a wireless tag, the method comprising:

• receiving an asset carrying a wireless tag at a shipping address, the wireless tag comprising:
• a back side comprising the shipping address and a return address;
• a front side comprising instructions to remove the wireless tag from a sleeve on the asset and reinsert the wireless tag into the sleeve so that the back side of the wireless tag is visible through the sleeve before releasing the wireless tag to a delivery service;
• and
• one or more electronic components;
• removing the wireless tag from the sleeve on the asset and reinserting the wireless tag into the sleeve so that the back side of the wireless tag is visible through sleeve;
• releasing the wireless tag to the delivery service;
• receiving the wireless tag at the return address;
• and
• renovating, at a renovation facility corresponding to the return address, at least one of the one or more electronic components in the wireless tag.

A method comprising:

• remotely monitoring, by a wireless tracking system, a performance of one or more electronic components of a wireless tag, the wireless tag associated with an asset and configured to wirelessly communicate with the wireless tracking system, wherein the one or more electronic components comprises a rechargeable battery;
• receiving, by the wireless tracking system, a wireless communication comprising a charge level of the rechargeable battery;
• determining, by the wireless tracking system, that a performance level of the one or more electronic components is below a threshold level based at least in part on the received charge level of the rechargeable battery;
• and
• transmitting, by the wireless system, a notification to a user to ship the wireless tag to a return address for renovation or recycling.