HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (8/28-8/31)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including details on Apple’s recent support of the Right to Repair movement, how to avoid greenwashing by partnering with a vITAD provider, how mobile repair contributes to the circular economy, and recyclable components inside smartphones. 

Apple Supports Right to Repair in California 

For years, Apple has notoriously lobbied against the Right to Repair movement but recently announced support for a right-to-repair bill currently under consideration in California. An amended version of a previous bill, SB 244, would require manufacturers to make tools and parts available to repair facilities and owners of certain products on fair and reasonable terms. 

Avoid Greenwashing by Partnering with a vITAD Provider 

More companies strive to reduce their carbon footprint and create environmental ESG goals. However, some are accused of making exaggerated or false claims about environmental promises or greenwashing. Some in the industry are becoming more critical of these environmental claims, and one way to ensure your business follows through with environmental ESG goals is proper IT asset disposition. 

Mobile Repair Contributes to the Circular Economy via Device Reuse

The world primarily operates in a linear economy, in which finite resources are extracted to make products not used to their full potential and added to the waste stream before the end of their useful life. Some refer to this process as ‘take-make-waste,’ compared to the circular economy, which follows the ‘reduce-reuse-recycle’ approach. 

Is Every Component Inside Your Phone Recyclable? 

Technology has evolved from a simple cellular device used only for communication to an advanced mobile smartphone relied upon for everyday activities. The particular materials found inside mobile phones create unique potential not only for communication but other possible uses. A mobile phone is made of various components, and the majority of these components help extend the life cycle of retired mobile devices via reuse and recycling during the disposition process. Here are a few of those components and how they are repurposed at the end of their useful life.