Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including, practicing battery safety during self-repair, leveraging ESG and ITAD for environmental accountability, how data security coincides with reverse logistics in ITAD, and how IT asset management is the key to global e-waste reduction.
Practice Battery Safety During Self-Repair
As technology becomes more expensive, consumers choose to keep their devices longer and even repair devices themselves to extend device use. Self-repair has become a popular option due to the skyrocketing price of technology and its rapid evolution. OEMs sometimes charge as much as the device costs to purchase for simple repairs, and some consumers choose to take matters into their own hands. Tech giants like Apple and Microsoft, who were once notorious for lobbying against the movement, now offer self-repair kits, which may seem like a step forward, but self-repair can be extremely dangerous. For this reason, it is crucial to practice battery safety while trying to repair any kind of electronic device.
Leverage ESG & ITAD for Environmental Accountability
As the digital era continues to expand, the necessity of e-waste reduction and environmental accountability has been thrust into the spotlight. Companies are developing sustainability strategies, announcing sustainability commitments, and changing packaging methods to elevate their environmental credibility and appeal to other eco-friendly businesses to avoid being accused of greenwashing. ESG reporting is a value-added service that tracks a company’s carbon emission output, and partnering with an ITAD provider to achieve ESG goals will help provide environmental accountability and alert vendors that the company follows through with sustainability initiatives.
ITAD: How Data Security Coincides with Reverse Logistics
The world is technologically advanced, and data security is a critical business component. Almost all data is stored digitally, making data centers high-value targets for hackers. Data security is critical but often misunderstood. As technology has evolved, so have hackers, and destroying IT equipment or simply resetting a device is not enough to protect data. Logistics is another overlooked factor but is a crucial step in data security. ITAD providers prioritize data protection at every step of the disposition process and offer services like onsite data erasure and reverse logistics to help safely transport data from one location to another.
IT Asset Management is the Key to E-waste Reduction
The e-waste crisis is growing. The large quantity of electronics released every year prompts thousands of consumers to discard their old devices in favor of new ones. Lack of knowledge on responsible IT asset disposal has significantly increased e-waste as users throw away old devices. IT asset management (ITAM) plays a key role in e-waste reduction, and partnering with an ITAD provider for end-of-use services such as data erasure, repair and remarketing, and e-recycling will help protect the environment, maximize the value of used assets, and reduce e-waste.