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ITAD Compliance
Compliance

Ensuring ITAD Compliance: Ethical and Legal Asset Disposal

In the technology-driven world, businesses face the issue of IT asset disposal due to frequent hardware and software upgrades. Disposing of IT assets requires adherence to strict governance and compliance standards to ensure legal and ethical practices. This blog highlights the importance of compliance, relevant regulations, certifications for ITAD providers, and strategies for implementing a compliant ITAD program. By doing so, companies can ensure regulatory compliance, data security, environmental responsibility, and enhanced reputation.

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Electronics Recycling

Five E-Recycling Apps to Make Your Summer Travels Greener 

E-waste makes up a significant portion of the world’s global waste generation, and a primary reason is the lack of resources and information. When users upgrade their electronic devices, they typically toss their old devices out with the garbage because they don’t know how else to dispose of them, which can be extremely dangerous. 

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vITAD
vITAD

Leveraging vITAD Services to Maximize IT Asset Value 

Partnering with a vITAD enterprise like HOBI enables enterprises to leverage value-added IT asset management services like repair and refurbishment, asset redeployment, and donation programs to maximize the value of retired IT assets. 

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Blog

HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (5/20-5/23)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including optimizing leasing with ITAD, vITAD in an advancing industry in a digital era, meeting ESG criteria with electronics recycling, and achieving social ESG goals with HOBI’s vITAD services. 

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ESG

Meet Environmental ESG Criteria with Electronics Recycling 

Environmental awareness is spreading, and many enterprises strive to be more environmentally conscious. As a value-added ITAD service, ESG reporting enables companies to set environmental goals, and partnering with an IT asset disposition provider will help achieve these goals. 

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vITAD

Value-Added ITAD: An Advancing Industry in a Digital Era 

IT asset disposition is among the few things many might believe would never change, but as the world changes, so does the ITAD industry. Doing business in a digital era has significantly increased the use of technology over the past decade, making IT asset disposition a crucial industry to protect the environment. As technology has evolved, so has ITAD, which now includes several new facets of the industry and its core service offerings. 

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HOBI Blog
Blog

HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (5/13-5/16)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including Electrical safety measures with proper IT asset management, the global impact of logistics obstacles in the ITAD industry, donating classroom electronics with proper It asset management, and advancing diversity goals with HOBI’s vITAD solutions.

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vITAD

Advance Diversity Goals with HOBI’s vITAD Solutions 

Value-added IT asset disposition services augment traditional core ITAD service offerings and include additional services such as remote management, ESG reporting, ERP integration, re-imaging and redeployment, and diversity. Diversity falls under the ESG umbrella as part of an enterprise’s social initiatives, and one way to achieve diversity is by partnering with a WBE-certified vITAD provider. 

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Logistics
Uncategorized

Global Impact of Logistics Obstacles in the ITAD Industry 

Reverse logistics is a crucial step to asset recovery in ITAD, but several obstacles in the industry affect the economy and the global logistics supply chain as well. Device reuse and asset redeployment are key factors in logistics operations, and recent shifts in the industry, such as Basel Convention changes, will significantly impact asset recovery and e-scrap shipments when the changes go into effect in 2025. 

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Electrical Safety
IT Asset Management

Electrical Safety Measures with Proper IT Asset Management  

A cornerstone of a successful business is the ability to acquire and maintain enterprise, employee, and client data; data loss can significantly impact business growth and performance. One of the leading causes of data loss is a power outage or a power surge, and 94 percent of companies that experience severe data loss never recover. This month is Electrical Safety Month, and HOBI has gathered some tips for protecting important data with proper IT asset management. 

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Blog

HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (5/6-5/9)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including how to enhance data security with responsible IT asset disposition, the social ESG benefits of ITAD with mobility managed services, ITAD’s Enhanced Impact, and data security with IT asset management in a digital world. 

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