Electronics are used daily and typically replaced with newer models annually, but only a small portion of electronic waste is recycled. According to a new analysis, less than a quarter of the 62 billion kilograms of e-waste globally generated in 2022 was recycled, but consumers can help improve e-waste recycling numbers with responsible IT asset disposition.
New models of electronics are released every year, and many users prefer to update their personal and office IT equipment to ensure that their devices continue to function properly. As a result, e-waste has grown exponentially over the last decade, and proper IT asset disposition may be the key to achieving environmental goals.
By disclosing environmental, social, and governance data, companies can shed some light on ESG performance and compliance, improve investor transparency, and become more environmentally aware.
IT asset disposition typically involves processing hundreds of thousands of devices each year, but mobile device processing is a different ballgame. It’s much more complex and unique than processing other devices due to factors such as the operating system, the erasure solution, broken devices, and battery handling. This complexity underscores the need for professional ITAD services.
Electronic waste plays a significant role in the amount of global hazardous waste the world generates annually, and proper IT asset management will help reduce the amount of e-waste sent to landfills, help a business reduce their carbon footprint, and achieve environmental ESG goals.
As a change in industry standards, value-added IT asset disposition services encompass several facets of the business. vITAD, a term pioneered by HOBI to describe this change, is an expansion of traditional ITAD service offerings and now includes services like remote managing and ESG reporting. One service revolves around non-traditional assets such as data centers, and partnering with a vITAD provider ensures all of your data center needs are taken care of by a single vendor.
IT asset disposition is essential to maintaining a smooth, efficient operating system. abundance of IT assets creates space and storage issues, increased turnaround times, and slower processing rates. For this reason and many more, the redeployment of IT assets not only maximizes the value of old IT assets but also provides a range of other enterprise benefits.
IT asset disposition facilities like HOBI are crucial in global e-waste reduction, and partnering with an ITAD vendor helps prevent e-waste from entering the waste stream through electronic recycling.
Data security should be a top priority for any enterprise, especially in this digital age, and responsible IT asset disposition will help prevent data theft even after asset retirement.
To reduce the amount of chemicals released into the environment, we first need to reduce the amount of e-waste we generate.