Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent mobile, electronic waste and IoT news that HOBI’s blog reported during the week 10/01-10/05. Brand is driving the value of used phones A recent study conducted by researchers from the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Israel’s Tel Aviv University, reveal that the biggest…
More than 1.5 billion mobile phones were sold last year alone, on top of 4.2 billion computers, laptops and tablets. However, while consumer technology is flying off of shelves, global electronic recycling rates remain low. In an effort to raise awareness of this, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum has organized the first…
Millions are continuing to evacuate the mid-Atlantic costal region in an effort to escape Hurricane Florence. And where wireless providers are concerned, they are beginning of prep for the storm by deploying an invasion of support crew and high-tech machinery to repair and restore connectivity in the storm’s wake. The incursion includes a diverse collection…
Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent mobile, technology, and electronic recycling news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 8/13-8/17. New smartphone shows hardware innovation is slowing down While the latest smartphones to hit the market have been impressive on the inside, on the hardware side of things the handsets aren’t showing…
Every year, millions of televisions, phones and other electronic equipment are being discarded, despite them being a rich source of metals. Thanks to e-waste mining, the industry not only has the potential to see immense growth but to find innovative ways to keep our planet sustainable. Professor Veena Sahajwalla’s conducts “urban mining,” which is simply…
July 11, the Chinese government released a proposal to completely ban imports of recovered fiber and every other form of solid waste. This proposal is in addition to the previous July 2017 filing, where China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection announced that they would no longer be accepting imports of mixed paper, post-consumer plastic (including difficult-to-recycle…