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Electronics Recycling

End-of-School-Year Recycling Tips

As the school year winds down, students may find themselves with an abundance of leftover school supplies. Luckily, there’s plenty to do with used supplies like pencils, glue bottles, binders, pens, and small electronics.

Katelyn Harrison April 24, 2023

Environmental Services

Celebrate Earth Day 2023 with These Eco-Friendly Tips

Earth Day is nearly here, which means discussing how we can help keep the planet clean and healthy.

Katelyn Harrison April 20, 2023

ITAD

HOBI President Speaks at ISRI 2023 Conference

The ISIRI Annual Convention and Exposition is underway this week in Nashville, Tenn., at the Music City Center. The four-day event brings the recycling industry together for networking and educational opportunities. More than 70 speakers are sharing their knowledge and expertise on various industry subjects throughout the week, including Craig Boswell, president and co-founder of HOBI.

Katelyn Harrison April 19, 2023

Blog

Reuse Leftover Easter Eggs

Repurposing old or leftover Easter eggs helps prevent them from ending up in waste streams, where they cannot be broken down, harming the environment.

Katelyn Harrison April 18, 2023

Environmental Services

Indiana Recycling Plant Spews Toxic Smoke After Combustion

A recycling plant in Richmond, Indiana recently caught fire, raising residential health and environmental concerns.

Katelyn Harrison April 17, 2023

IT Asset Management

Protect Your IT Assets from Rising Temperatures

When we think of damaged electronics, we typically think of shattered screens or water damage, perhaps a few scratches, but internal damage can sometimes be more dangerous than external damage, and it’s important to keep your gadgets protected this summer as temperatures begin to rise.

Katelyn Harrison April 12, 2023

Electronics Recycling

Oregon Revamps Electronics Law

Oregon’s House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would significantly change the state’s electronics collection and processing law. On March 22, House Bill 3220 passed with 56 votes in favor and four excused and not voting.

Katelyn Harrison April 11, 2023

ITAD

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle with an ITAD Provider

Many companies are becoming more environmentally aware and doing more to reduce their carbon footprint. IT asset disposition service providers like HOBI partner with companies looking to get rid of retired IT hardware and ensure it is disposed of properly.

Katelyn Harrison April 10, 2023

Value-Added ITAD service

The vITAD Concept

First introduced at the 2022 E-Scrap conference, value-added IT asset disposition or vITAD is a term coined by HOBI’s co-founder and president, Craig Boswell. According to Boswell, the vITAD concept augments the traditional ITAD model with ERP integration, portal customization for asset tracking, asset redeployment, re-imaging, and ESG reporting.

Katelyn Harrison April 5, 2023

Electronics Recycling

Right to Repair Makes its Way to Europe

The right to repair aims to advocate for repair-friendly policies, regulations, statutes, and standards at national, state, and local levels. The right to repair ultimately allows consumers to repair their own devices or take them to third-party repair shops for more cost-effective solutions.

Katelyn Harrison April 4, 2023

IT Asset Disposition

Spring Clean with an ITAD Provider

This time of year, many in the business world may find themselves staring at piles of old IT hardware long since retired with nowhere to go. Now is the perfect time to start spring cleaning, starting with IT asset disposition.

Katelyn Harrison April 3, 2023

ITAD

Advantages of Partnering with a Women-Owned Business

The number of women-owned and WBE-certified businesses continues to increase each year. Partnering with a woman-owned business allows an organization to achieve better diversity, innovation, and collaboration.

Mahlet Dozier November 7, 2022

Meet Environmental ESG with IT disposition-HOBI

IT Asset Disposition

Meet Environmental ESG Criteria with IT Disposition

ESG refers to how companies pledge to handle certain controversial issues in regards to the environment, social and governance.

Mahlet Dozier October 25, 2022

ESG

ESG Reporting in the ITAD Space

The role of traditional ITAD is changing, and one of the new criteria is ESG reporting. With three focus points in regards to how well a company performs with respect to environmental, social and governance issues, ESG represents a significant change in industry standards.

Katelyn Harrison September 28, 2022

IT Asset Disposition

Swiss-Ghana Proposal Could Largely Disrupt the U.S. E-Scrap Exports Industry

Last year, the Basel Convention published several proposed alterations to the convention itself that would dramatically change how some end-of-life exports are managed, with the changes set to be discussed in a meeting taking place June 6-17, 2022.

Katelyn Harrison June 2, 2022