Compliance is a critical factor in enterprise risk management. Additionally, a certified ITAD vendor is the most reliable way to ensure environmental compliance when it comes to electronics recycling.
Amid trick-or-treating plans, we’re here to discuss the tricks and treats of electronic disposal and help you keep this spooky season mostly ghostly.
After years of opposing the right-to-repair movement and lobbying against any repair legislation, Apple has seemingly changed its perspective entirely on consumers’ right to repair their own devices. Now, the tech giant has announced its support of federal right-to-repair legislation.
HOBI presented the second webinar in its series on value-added IT asset disposition services (vITAD) Oct. 27, where HOBI’s president and co-founder Craig Boswell describes how vITAD is the new way forward.
Environmental safety has been a longstanding issue, and recently, the U.S. EPA announced $128 million in funding for 186 different environmental justice projects, including waste diversion, illegal dumping prevention, community recycling efforts, and electronics recycling.
Data storage has evolved across generations from filing cabinets to today’s preferred method – data centers. This means sensitive business, employee, and client data is susceptible to cyberattacks and data breaches, which makes proper IT asset management and disposition critical for data security.
Disposable electronics, such as e-cigarettes and vape pens, have posed various health concerns for several years. These disposable products pose environmental issues because they cannot be recycled or thrown in the trash. Recycling is nearly impossible because of how they are manufactured, leaving few disposal methods available.
This year’s annual E-Waste Day took place over the weekend, a global initiative to recycle electronic household waste no longer in use. ITAD facilities such as HOBI collect retired IT hardware year-round to ensure they are disposed of properly via electronics recycling.
IT asset disposition provides a second chance for some electronics through device reuse, which is increasingly preferable to purchasing new devices.
Value-added IT asset disposition, or vITAD, is a term coined by HOBI International to describe the recent shifts in the ITAD landscape. Traditional ITAD services are expanding to accommodate the industry changes and now include additional services.