Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent mobile, recycling and ITAD related news that HOBI’s blog reported during the week 2/04-2/08. Survey reveals 2018 was the “worst year ever” for the smartphone market Did you upgrade to a new smartphone last year? If not, you’re not alone. A recent survey reveals 2018 was the…
Today’s cultural climate insists that we should have a circular economy where everything is recycled. That’s why we see so many campaigns urging us to reduce, reuse, and recycle. However, there are some that believe that this is an error in thinking. Some, like Tim Worstall, a Senior Fellow at Adam Smith Institute, believe that…
With the current global waste crisis we’re experiencing, you’ve more than likely heard the phrase: “Reduce, reuse, and recycle.” In fact, for recyclers this phrase is known as the waste hierarchy. These terms designate three essential components of environmentally-responsible behavior and are listed in the order of preferred action from least harmful to most harmful…
As lithium-ion batteries become more useful in the manufacturing of vehicles, the more experts predict that the batteries will regularly appear in the waste stream within the next coming years. Despite the batteries still in the early stages of entering the waste stream, British Columbia-based company American Manganese sees this trend as a great opportunity.…