Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including mobility-managed vITAD services, increasing e-scrap payments in California, problem solving with vITAD services, and things to avoid when searching for an ITAD provider. Mobility-Managed vITAD Services In an expanding ITAD landscape, value-added IT asset disposition, or vITAD, services are becoming the new industry norm. The…
Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including the age-old debate on whether or not online privacy is really that important, why e-scrap exports are important to the industry, a grant from AT&T that will help provide electronics to students, and how to prepare and pack your equipment for processing. Tech Solutions Series:…
Last week, the U.S Energy Department announced a new research initiative that will focus on the reduction of recycling costs and increasing the value of recycled products, including e-scrap. The initiative, named the Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute, received $70 million in federal funding. REMADE will be based in Rochester, NY and is…
Here is a recap of the HOBI blog for the week of 1/2-1/6 Samsung to reveal the cause of Galaxy Note 7 malfunction Tim Baxter, COO and president of Samsung, announced the company will reveal the cause of the massive Galaxy Note 7 malfunction soon. E-Waste recycling and reuse services market to exceed $40 billion…