IBM’s Announces Computer Recycling Figures

Company hits 100 million pounds with recycling program.

IBM has processed over 100 million pounds of used and obsolete computer gear, as part of its computer renewal and recycling efforts worldwide last year, returning less than 1 percent of non-hazardous material to landfills.

 

This is the fourth straight year in a row the company has managed to decrease its return-to-landfill volumes, according to IBM.

 

“While we are known for being a leading manufacturer of IT equipment, IBM also leads the way in computer disposal,” says Wayne Balta, IBM vice president of environmental policy. “By returning less to landfills through renewal, refurbishment and recycling, we are doing our part to protect the environment around the world.”

 

IBM has been perfecting its computer recycling operations for  more than 20 years, since its entry into the computer leasing business. Back then, the company had to develop a strategy to deal with IT equipment coming off-lease. The company became an expert on the myriad of environmental regulations around the world and best developed practices around the important issue of computer data security.

 

“Closets filled with old IT equipment are becoming a huge headache for IT managers across the globe,” says Daniel Ransdell, general manager of IBM Global Asset Recovery Service. “We have taken the skills and know-how that we have best-in-class, comprehensive solutions that can address an enterprise’s environmental and data security challenges and put some money back in their pocket after resale in the secondary market.”

 

IBM has brand agnostic computer recycling operations, taking back the equipment of all other IT manufacturers. Further, IBM started a new business in 2005 to recycle sophisticated medical devices, like MRI and medical diagnostic equipment, which are reused, refurbished and resold or leased to local and community hospitals.

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