As we head into 2024, HOBI would like to take the opportunity to remind everyone of the importance of sustainable practices. It’s a new year and the perfect time to make recycling a New Year’s resolution, especially regarding electronic waste.
After the holidays, many are left with old electronics like tablets, smartphones, smartwatches, headphones, laptops, gaming systems, and more, and are often unsure of what to do with them. Proper IT asset disposition is becoming increasingly critical in order to keep the environment clean and healthy, and ITAD enterprises like HOBI specialize in responsible IT asset management and disposition of retired IT assets.
The ITAD industry has undergone many changes during the last decade, several of which have occurred more recently than others. This led to a shift in the ITAD landscape, creating a need for new value-added ITAD service offerings, a term pioneered by HOBI as vITAD.
Traditionally, the core services of IT asset disposition have included logistics, data sanitization, certification, onsite services, and more, but the ITAD landscape is changing. The vITAD concept expands core ITAD services to meet the new industry standards and includes services such as support for remote workers, R2v3 certification, robust ERP, data privacy, and ESG reporting.
As a renewable source, ITAD providers enable clients and customers to extend the lives of everyday items while also providing an alternative sales channel for those seeking a more cost-effective alternative to new devices. Recycling IT assets benefits the environment and the economy.
HOBI International, Inc. focuses on maximizing economic return and mitigating environmental liability in all facets of the disposition process. Moving into a new year, we plan to continue providing top-tier IT asset management and disposition services and implementing vITAD criteria in all of our service offerings. HOBI offers data security and erasure services, the remote box program for remote workers, fully transparent and traceable reverse logistics services, refurbishment and remarketing opportunities, and our R2v3, RIOS, and ISO 14001 certifications.
Join HOBI in our quest to make 2024 more sustainable.
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