Compliance

Ensure ITAD Compliance: Certifications & Data Security Tips

IT asset disposition consists of many facets, including data security, reverse logistics, data center services, and more, but compliance is crucial to a successful ITAD infrastructure. ITAD compliance is a regulatory requirement and a critical component of maintaining data security and environmental sustainability. In the ITAD space, compliance represents a commitment to transparency and accountability for asset management and disposition, and following industry regulation standards.

Katelyn Harrison June 12, 2024

Electronics Recycling

Five E-Recycling Apps to Make Your Summer Travels Greener

E-waste makes up a significant portion of the world’s global waste generation, and a primary reason is the lack of resources and information. When users upgrade their electronic devices, they typically toss their old devices out with the garbage because they don’t know how else to dispose of them, which can be extremely dangerous.

Katelyn Harrison May 29, 2024

vITAD

Leveraging vITAD Services to Maximize IT Asset Value

Partnering with a vITAD enterprise like HOBI enables enterprises to leverage value-added IT asset management services like repair and refurbishment, asset redeployment, and donation programs to maximize the value of retired IT assets.

Katelyn Harrison May 28, 2024

ESG

Achieve Social ESG Goals with HOBI’s vITAD Services

Electronics are in high demand, but not everyone has access to them, and partnering with a vITAD provider that offers donation programs can help an organization achieve social ESG goals by helping to bridge the digital divide.

Katelyn Harrison May 23, 2024

ESG

Meet Environmental ESG Criteria with Electronics Recycling

Environmental awareness is spreading, and many enterprises strive to be more environmentally conscious. As a value-added ITAD service, ESG reporting enables companies to set environmental goals, and partnering with an IT asset disposition provider will help achieve these goals.

Katelyn Harrison May 22, 2024

vITAD

Value-Added ITAD: An Advancing Industry in a Digital Era

IT asset disposition is among the few things many might believe would never change, but as the world changes, so does the ITAD industry. Doing business in a digital era has significantly increased the use of technology over the past decade, making IT asset disposition a crucial industry to protect the environment. As technology has evolved, so has ITAD, which now includes several new facets of the industry and its core service offerings.

Katelyn Harrison May 21, 2024

ITAD

Optimize Leasing With ITAD: Maximize Value & Stay Current

many businesses are now choosing to lease IT equipment rather than purchase it, and partnering with an ITAD provider can help maximize device value with off-lease device processing.

Katelyn Harrison May 20, 2024

vITAD

Advance Diversity Goals with HOBI’s vITAD Solutions

Value-added IT asset disposition services augment traditional core ITAD service offerings and include additional services such as remote management, ESG reporting, ERP integration, re-imaging and redeployment, and diversity. Diversity falls under the ESG umbrella as part of an enterprise’s social initiatives, and one way to achieve diversity is by partnering with a WBE-certified vITAD provider.

Katelyn Harrison May 16, 2024

IT Asset Management

Donate Classroom Electronics with Proper IT Asset Management

Electronics recycling enables users to dispose of unwanted or retired IT assets without harming the environment and potentially increase asset value through device reuse with repair and refurbishment services.

Katelyn Harrison May 15, 2024

Uncategorized

Global Impact of Logistics Obstacles in the ITAD Industry

Reverse logistics is a crucial step to asset recovery in ITAD, but several obstacles in the industry affect the economy and the global logistics supply chain as well. Device reuse and asset redeployment are key factors in logistics operations, and recent shifts in the industry, such as Basel Convention changes, will significantly impact asset recovery and e-scrap shipments when the changes go into effect in 2025.

Katelyn Harrison May 14, 2024

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