Month: April 2014

The Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) welcomed attendees and exhibitors to the 63rd Illinois ASBO Conference in Schaumburg, IL April 30th to May 2nd. IASBO is devoted to the school business management profession. Their mission is to provide members and stakeholders with a comprehensive range of professional development activities and services through networking …

HOBI CEO talks ITAD at IASBO 2014 Annual Conference Read More »

The College Board recently found that the average college student spends $1,200 a year on textbooks and supplies. That’s 14% of tuition costs at a state-run public college or 39% of tuition costs at a community college. Textbook costs have increased by 864% since 1978. It’s the end of the school year and you’re realizing …

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The U.S. EPA estimates that recycling 1 million mobile phones reclaims 35,274 pounds of copper, 772 pounds of silver, 75 pounds of gold, and 33 pounds of palladium. To more easily recover these rare, expensive and potentially harmful materials from mobile device and other forms of e-waste, researchers are looking for help from nature’s own …

Mushrooms to reclaim gold from e-waste Read More »

Do you choose to ignore the consequences from a lack of mobile data security? No matter what size your company is a proper mobile asset management process is crucial. Company financials, private passwords, personal customer data and so much more can be leaked through the cracks if devices are not properly sanitized by a certified …

The world is your office. Does mobile data security follow? Read More »

HOBI International President, Craig Boswell, participated in a panel discussion at the most recent ISRI Convention in early April. The subject hand, ‘How To Make Money In Electronics Recycling,’ brought up some interesting points on the processing of cathode ray tube (CRT) devices by electronics recyclers. Although newer display technologies such as LCD, plasma display …

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The theme of this years Earth Day was ‘Green Cities‘ and HOBI International was the ring leader! The HOBI team took to the streets and successfully amped up the community about electronics recycling! HOBI’s electronics recycling events held around the Dallas-Fort Worth area attracted people of all ages excited to get rid of some old …

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Last Earth Day the theme was ‘face the climate of change‘ promoting energy conservation throughout the home and office. Forbes did a little investigating on the mindsets of employees who work from home compared to those who are constantly in the office. Their survey, conducted by online market research company USamp, found letting employees work …

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If our lives weren’t already saturated with technology, wearable tech is the next big thing. This innovative emerging market is still in its early stages but has endless possibilities. By 2015, 485 million wearable computing devices will be shipped per year. Right now nearly 61% of the current wearable tech market is sports and activity …

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HOBI International‘s attendance at the December 2013 Green Electronics Council (GEC) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Slates and Tablets Workshop uncovered some very interesting points on the environmental issues and opportunities of tablets. This workshop in particular brought together 39 stakeholders with various perspectives and a range of expertise, including original equipment manufacturers, …

Report: Tablet Issue, Opportunity To Improve Environmental Sustainability Read More »

As Microsoft phases out its XP operating system, the leading software company encourages proper data erasure and electronics recycling for older computers. Why the update for Microsoft? While Microsoft had offered technical support to Microsoft XP and Office 2003 users for 12 years, due to the slump in PC shipments, the company can no longer …

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