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Battery Safety 101: Battery Dangers & Fire Prevention

More battery fires occur each year, and it has become crucial to know how to prevent them, and what to do if a battery fire occurs. Implementing battery safety even with everyday electronics via IT asset management can help prevent battery fires at home and in the office. 

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HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (10/21-10/24)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including practicing safe storage for IT assets during severe weather, enhancing circularity with repurposed tech and asset disposition, ITAD optimization planning with a certified provider, and utilizing ITAD to overcome the pitfalls of a digital era. 

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Utilize ITAD to Overcome the Pitfalls of a Digital Era 

Reliance on technology has created a growing need for more stringent data security protocols, a digital divide between those with and without access to electronics, and a dangerous accumulation of e-waste. ITAD enterprises help overcome these obstacles with end-of-use services such as data erasure, repair, remarketing, and donation programs, and e-waste recycling. 

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IT Asset Disposition

Enhance Circularity with Repurposed Tech & Asset Disposition

One way to support circularity is by repurposing IT assets and having a sound disposition plan. ITAD providers are more important than ever as the digital era creates more hazardous waste, and partnering with an ITAD professional provides services that maximize the value of retired IT assets and protect the environment throughout disposition. 

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Practice Safe Storage for IT Assets During Severe Weather

During colder weather, there are multiple ways electronics can be damaged if not properly stored or protected, including condensation, battery damage, and freezing. In this blog post, we’ve highlighted tips for keeping electronics warm in freezing weather and what to do with frozen electronics. 

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HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (9/14-10/17)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including ITAD services that benefit your business, reducing e-waste with ITAD and recycling to support a circular economy, sustainability strategies and ESG with IT asset disposition, and cybersecurity problems and solutions to boost data protection. 

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Data Security

Cybersecurity Problems & Solutions to Boost Data Protection 

Digital data storage eliminates the need for a messy filing system but makes enterprise and employee data vulnerable to online crime. Cyberattacks are becoming more prevalent as the world becomes increasingly digital, and it’s critical for companies to safeguard data at all times. 

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Circular Economy: Reduce E-Waste with ITAD and Recycling

E-waste can also be eliminated with a circular economy by reducing the amount of e-waste that is produced, reusing old electronics, and recycling what cannot be recovered. The first step in e-waste reduction is partnering with an ITAD provider to dispose of e-waste properly.

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Enterprise Asset Services

ITAD Necessities: Services That Benefit Your Business

Asset disposition is more than just getting rid of retired IT equipment. ITAD enterprises are multifaceted service providers that offer a range of end-of-use services, from data security to reverse logistics. HOBI provides explicitly value-added services in addition to core services that help companies achieve ESG goals while maximizing the value of retired IT assets. 

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HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (9/7-10/10)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including utilizing cybersecurity strategies to avoid phishing scams, streamlining data center decommissioning with ITAD solutions, how ITAD partners offer sustainable solutions for asset disposal, and the impact of the Basel Convention on the ITAD industry. 

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The Impact of the Basel Convention on the ITAD Industry

The Basel Convention is an international treaty that regulates the transboundary movement of controlled waste, including electronic waste (e-waste). The treaty now includes the Swiss-Ghana Amendment, passed in 2022, which intends to protect human health and the environment. Still, it poses several challenges for ITAD companies when it goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Handling and managing the responsible recycling and disposal of electronics is challenging in any capacity, but the Basel Convention’s regulations will complicate operations.

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ITAD Partners Offer Sustainable Solutions for Asset Disposal

As a new industry standard, ESG reporting assists companies in providing transparency and accountability in three areas. In the ITAD space, environmental standards are guaranteed for responsible IT asset disposition, and ITAD providers offer sustainable solutions for e-waste that help clients achieve environmental ESG criteria. 

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