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Benefits of Partnering with a WBE-Certified ITAD Provider

A WBE certification is specifically for women-owned businesses and validates the company is 51 percent owned, controlled, operated, and managed by a woman. To achieve WBE Certification, women-owned businesses complete a formal documentation and site visit process administered by one of WBENC’s 14 regional partner organizations. Partnering with a WBE-certified ITAD provider offers many enterprise benefits, including diversity, tax incentives, and meeting ESG goals. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 28, 2025
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Device Reuse is Shaping the E-Waste Industry 

Electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world and will continue to increase as technology rapidly evolves. E-waste disposal resources are in high demand, and ITAD facilities like HOBI are the primary disposal method for many companies. ITAD enterprises go beyond simple disposition and ensure clients get the most out of used IT equipment with value-added services that maximize device value after retirement.

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Katelyn Harrison January 27, 2025
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HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (1/20-1/23) 

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including experiencing value-added ITAD in 2025 with an ITAD partner, severe weather damage prevention with IT asset management, how ITAD enterprises provide solutions for the e-waste crisis, and incorporating reverse logistics into your ITAD plan. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 24, 2025
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Reverse Logistics

Incorporate Reverse Logistics Into Your ITAD Plan

A key component of ITAD is IT Asset management, which includes asset storage, data security, reuse, and reverse logistics. Logistics are typically an afterthought but can become costly if not organized beforehand. As one of the many services an ITAD provider like HOBI has to offer, reverse logistics increases accountability in ITAM, protects data before it is wiped, and enables device reuse with asset relocation. Incorporating reverse logistics into your ITAD plan will reduce costs and benefit enterprises. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 23, 2025
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ITAD

ITAD Enterprises Provide Solutions for E-waste Crisis

Technology is produced at staggering rates, with approximately 9 billion electronics manufactured annually worldwide. A lack of education and disposal resources has resulted in a global e-waste crisis, making ITAD enterprises highly demanded. IT asset disposition facilities like HOBI provide services as solutions to e-waste. Services such as repair and remarketing, safe battery removal, and electronics recycling enable safe, environmentally sound e-waste disposal and contribute to a circular economy. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 22, 2025
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IT Asset Management

IT Asset Management: Severe Weather Damage Prevention 

As the weather fluctuates, IT asset management strategies should also change, and it is essential to know how to prevent damage during severe weather. Severe weather consists of anything that can damage IT assets, such as freezing temperatures, triple-digit heat, or thunderstorms that could cause a power surge. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 21, 2025
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Experience Value-Added ITAD in 2025 with an ITAD Partner

Environmental standards are changing, and the bar is rising. Technology’s rapid evolution has spurred the need for responsible e-waste disposition, and companies are implementing reporting methods to ensure accountability for upholding environmental policies. Even tech leaders like Apple, who have previously been notorious for greenwashing, are changing repair policies and packaging methods to conserve resources and reduce e-waste. E-waste disposal is critical in a digital age. ITAD enterprises offer services designed to mitigate environmental liability, including value-added services that support a circular economy and prioritize data security for retired IT assets. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 20, 2025
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HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (1/13-1/16) 

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including sustainable solutions to e-waste with device reuse, establishing ESG environmental goals with an ITAD provider, simplifying data center decommissioning with ITAD, and how AI may solve e-waste battery disposal issues.  

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Katelyn Harrison January 17, 2025
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AI May Solve E-Waste Battery Disposal Issues

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been a long-standing issue in the e-waste industry. Batteries are hazardous, but LIBs are exceptionally prone to causing chemical fires when damaged. LIBs have been the source of hundreds of facility, vehicle, and house fires due to battery damage, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be the key to a solution. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 16, 2025
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Data Center Services

Simplify Data Center Decommissioning with ITAD 

ITAD enterprises provide end-of-use services for retired IT assets, including data center solutions such as decommissioning, relocation and reassembly, data security, and reverse logistics. Data center decommissioning is tedious and requires skilled professionals. Partnering with an ITAD provider for data center solutions will ease the burden, protect data, and ensure that retired assets are disposed of responsibly. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 15, 2025
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Environmental Services

Establish ESG Environmental Goals with an ITAD Provider  

Sustainability is in the fast lane and rising. Companies worldwide are implementing environmental policies, adjusting packaging methods, and reusing metals to reduce their carbon footprint. In the race to reach environmental goals, there is one method that will significantly boost an organization’s sustainability numbers, maximize ROI, and help reduce its carbon impact: ITAD.

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Katelyn Harrison January 14, 2025
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Mobile Asset Management

Sustainable Solutions to E-Waste with Device Reuse

Companies are becoming more environmentally aware and implementing sustainability goals and policies to ensure they meet environmental standards. The waste industry has undergone significant changes and will face many more challenges in the years ahead, but device reuse is a key component of reducing e-waste. Partnering with an ITAD provider will help companies achieve environmental goals with sustainable solutions, reduce e-waste, and protect data even after asset retirement. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 13, 2025
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HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (1/6-1/9)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including new data security measures for a new year with ITAD, Oregon’s new Right-to-Repair law, what to look for in an ITAD provider in 2025, and how the battery disposal ban has expanded to New Hampshire. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 10, 2025
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Battery Disposal Ban Expands to New Hampshire

Battery disposal has been a topic of discussion in the waste industry for years as an obstacle many companies face in IT asset disposition. Lithium-ion batteries especially pose issues for e-waste disposal and have been the source of many warehouse and house fires. Many states have enacted battery disposal laws to ensure they are disposed of properly, and New Hampshire recently passed their own. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 9, 2025
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ITAD in 2025: What to Look For in a Provider 

Many changes are underway in the ITAD industry, and finding an ITAD provider who can navigate the new challenges is crucial. The most notable changes are the new Basel Amendments and technological advancements that have resulted in more stringent data security protocols. As the industry continues to evolve, here are a few things to remember when searching for an ITAD provider in the new year. 

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Katelyn Harrison January 8, 2025

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