As 2021 comes to an end, and 2022 begins, HOBI would like to kick off the new year with positive, eco-friendly resolutions for your old electronics. HOBI is a certified R2, RIOS and ISO 14001 enterprise, and we care about your IT assets, or rather, where they go once you’ve retired them. Electronic waste is…
Retiring old IT assets can be an afterthought for many companies, but something else that may escape notice is the electronics, among those ready for recycling, that have yet to reach the end of their lifecycle. Devices with a little more value to spare can be beneficial to ITAD companies who offer additional life extension…
With Super Bowl LI this weekend, people across the country are gearing up for watch parties. Many football fans may purchase a new television to watch the game, but how to properly dispose of an old television is not common knowledge. Since televisions are large devices, first instinct may be to leave them in an…
Last year, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act passed successfully, reversing a congressional decision that previously banned people from unlocking their cellphones. President Obama’s signage of this bill overturned the Copyright Office’s 2012 ruling against cellphone unlocking. With further review of this bill down the road, there is a chance the previous unlocking ban…
Grab your picket signs! Minnesota e-scrapers are teaming up to push for a “right-to-repair” law. This would allow access to tools and necessary information to refurbishment and asset management professionals eager to repair electronic devices. Unfortunately, OEMs have a tendency to make repairs especially difficult to the average consumer, leading them to trash and replace…