Environmental concerns are rising, and companies are doubling efforts to reduce their carbon impact with sustainable solutions. A primary issue in the waste management industry is the ever-growing e-waste crisis. True sustainability hinges on our ability to regulate waste, and e-waste is significantly more dangerous to the environment than other waste. As a key factor in achieving sustainability, circularity is paramount. IT asset disposition (ITAD) providers support circularity with mobile asset management services, including onsite data erasure, and asset repair, refurbishment, and remarketing.
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle with a Circular Economy
A circular economy targets sustainability with four pillars: reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover, which eliminate waste by recovering reusable materials for redistribution and recycling. This contributes to circularity by minimizing resource extraction and eliminating waste. Device reuse helps reduce the demand for new devices to be manufactured and prevents them from entering landfills, which mitigates pollution. As the final step in circularity, ITAD providers close the loop of a circular economy by responsibly disposing of retired IT assets through environmentally conscious means.
Data Security & Erasure – Before assets are processed, all devices undergo data erasure to ensure no data leaks occur during disposition. This also helps prepare devices that are eligible for remarketing. HOBI’s internally developed data erasure tool, HOBI Shield, is just one of three data security steps we take to prevent data leaks. HOBI Shield completely wipes data from a device, and any hard drives that cannot be entirely erased are destroyed via shredding technology.
Repair, Refurbishment & Remarketing – ITAD services encompass all end-of-use needs, including Mobility Managed Services (MMS). Reuse is integral to circularity, and ITAD providers offer repair and refurbishment services, as well as donation programs to maximize asset value and help keep retired assets in circulation. Reusing retired IT equipment also helps reduce the amount of e-waste generated yearly. Many people are keeping their devices longer or choosing to purchase used devices. Providing used devices to those in need helps reduce the demand for new devices to be manufactured. Bridging the digital divide can also help companies achieve social ESG goals.
ITAD providers like HOBI are more than just recycling facilities. As a one-stop shop for all end-of-use needs, they focus on mitigating environmental liability at every step of the disposition process and help reduce carbon emissions by eliminating the need for multiple vendors. Reducing carbon emissions will help companies meet net-zero goals while also contributing to circularity through the support of a circular economy.
For more information about our ITAD services, call 817-814-2620 or contact HOBI at sales@hobi.com.