{"id":45540,"date":"2024-03-25T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codeo.com\/?p=45540"},"modified":"2024-03-25T16:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:43:51","slug":"it-asset-buy-back-dont-let-your-unused-equipment-go-to-waste-give-it-a-second-lease-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codeo.com\/en\/it-asset-buy-back-dont-let-your-unused-equipment-go-to-waste-give-it-a-second-lease-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"IT asset buy-back: don\u2019t let your unused equipment go to waste, give it a second lease of life!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your company\u2019s new fleet of barcode scanners<\/a>, receipt printers or computers has just been deployed and it\u2019s your role to decide what to do with the old, unused equipment (scrapping, storage, recycling, recovery, donation, etc.). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The more equipment and models you have, the more complex the choice becomes. While the easy thing to do would be to send it all for recycling, or to forget about it in a corner, there are much more economical, ecological and practical solutions!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Reuse vs. recycling: stop confusing the two!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Good news! The recycling habit is well established in European companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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But the term “recycled equipment” is still too often misused. There’s still a long way to go to put an end to the confusion between recycling and reuse within companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Unused or broken equipment is not rubbish! It can be refurbished to give it a second life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Reuse, or refurbishing, allows non-waste goods to be used again for the same original purpose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Recycling should be the last resort in the life of IT equipment. The highly polluting composition of WEEE makes it difficult to recycle, and with each round of recycling the materials lose quality and end up becoming non-recyclable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The re-use of second-hand equipment or spare parts should therefore be given priority over recycling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Why should you value your IT assets and <\/strong>have them bought back<\/strong><\/a> ?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n