According to recent research carried out by IT refurbishment company, Remploy 9 out of 10 businesses don’t care whether their old PCs and laptops are re-used elsewhere.
The study showed that although 73% of companies said they were recycling old equipment only 8% are actually re-using old computers. Remploy said that the equipment that is likely to be recycled is components out of old PCs but computers and laptops are ending up at landfill.
To try and stop so many computers ending up at landfill, Remploy have launched a new ‘Re-use IT’ campaign which aims to re-use old businesses IT equipment once all data has been removed securely. General Manager of Remploy, Malcolm Watson said: “The importance of reusing things is now well understood for many types of waste, both in the office and at home, yet for some reason IT equipment such as laptops, printers, mobile phones and PDAs seem to be treated differently.”