Today commences the 19th year of America Recycles Day, a day devoted to educating and promoting recycling amongst citizens and communities around the country. This afternoon, Robin Wiener, ISRI President, joined the Congressional Recycling Caucus and Keep America Beautiful in the annual State of Recycling Address. The address detailed the recycling’s impacts and developments in…
This morning, USA Today’s Tech section published an article detailing five ways the tech industry has changed since 2008. The five changes they listed included smartphones, social media, transportation, dating and streaming. Within the past eight years, tech has become more efficient and convenient. People now rely on their smartphones, tablets and laptop computers to…
Here is a recap of the HOBI blog for the week of 11/7-11/11 ISRI urges permanent device unlocking Last month, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) continued the fight for bulk device unlocking through comments sent to the United States Copyright Office. How to prepare your old electronics for America Recycles Day 2016 America…
Last month, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) continued the fight for bulk device unlocking through comments sent to the United States Copyright Office. David S. Mao, Librarian of Congress, ruled in favor of device unlocking for both consumers and companies in 2015. Mao’s ruling was an encouraging development for refurbishers around the country,…
America Recycles Day, November 15, is in less than one week. Communities all over the country are hosting events to spread awareness of recycling’s importance and give back to the environment. One of the easiest ways to get involved this year is to responsibly recycle old electronics that are no longer being used. When rounding…
Local, state and federal officials nationwide are prepared for any potential cyber threat U.S. voters may encounter this Election Day. The Department of Homeland Security and FBI, as well as local and state authorities, have teams ready to respond to small and large scale voting threats. This level of preparedness is comforting, but hopefully these…