HOBI president and co-founder Craig Boswell testified this week before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Boswell addressed the needs of improving critical mineral recovery capacity through electronic waste, recycling, and reuse.
Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including value-added services to look for when partnering with an ITAD provider, comprehensive reverse logistics solutions with vITAD, enterprise benefits of diversity spend and donations programs, and the benefits of a green supply chain.
In an evolving business landscape, ITAD providers are adjusting service offerings to include additional services that better meet clients’ needs during changing times. These value-added services are the next generation of IT asset disposition, a concept pioneered by HOBI as vITAD.
Fall is around the corner, and many companies are preparing to clean out storage closets, which typically includes disposing of retired IT assets that have been piling up all summer. IT asset disposition enterprises like HOBI collect retired IT equipment and ensure it is properly disposed of in an environmentally-friendly manner while ensuring quick, safe transport.
Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including retiring software licenses with vITAD, mobile security management via data security apps, a partnership that created a recycled titanium supply chain, and the environmentally-conscious smartphone hitting shelves in the U.S.
There are many steps to retiring IT assets, which are necessary to ensure a smooth, secure transition. Data security is arguably the most important step, making sure no data leaks are possible even after disposition.
There are many facets to a business, especially in the ITAD industry, and often communication is the key to keeping each part running smoothly. A large part of communication in any company is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), a type of business management software that an organization can use to collect, store, manage, and interpret data.
IT asset disposition facilities process hundreds of thousands of devices annually, including televisions, laptops, desktops, printers, scanners, tablets, and even small household appliances.
Data centers now store more significant amounts of employee and enterprise data than ever. This means maintaining them is more important than ever. Data security should be the top priority for managing data centers.
Below is a recap of this week’s blog post including problem solving with vITAD, ISRI’s development of toolkit for ESG reporting, if virtual reality is the future of sustainable electronics, and if AI ends up affecting the e-scrap industry.