Telecom Firm Partners with Global Investment Recovery

Mitel has reached agreement with Global Investment Recovery, a full-service recycler and processor of electronic equipment, to fully recycle phones and hardware in selected areas where new Mitel equipment is installed.

Using a login page on its Web site, Mitel channel partners can notify Global about equipment ready for pickup after a new Mitel deployment. Global’s logistics team will provide packing and shipping instructions to transport it to one of processing facilities, where the equipment will be shredded, sorted and reused, eliminating up to 100 percent of the e-scrap.

"Mitel unified communications products enable our customers to improve business processes while reducing their carbon footprint," said Paul Butcher, Mitel president and COO. "As a demonstration of our own commitment to environmental responsibility, in addition to our ISO 14001 certification, we are pleased to launch this relationship with Global to strengthen our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint with the support of our authorizedPARTNERS."

Mitel’s end-of-life equipment-recycling program ensures that all e-waste designated telephony equipment is decommissioned at local area facilities; that equipment decommissioning and destruction is carried out in such a manner as to not be harmful to the environment; and that scrap metal and precious metal components are recovered and recycled for re-use.

GIRM provides electronics recycling and destruction services, including recycling end-of-life electronics, proper disposition of hazardous and universal waste arising from electronics, asset management, recovery of electronic components for reuse, and certified destruction of proprietary materials and electronically stored data. Global owns and operates process facilities in Tucson, AZ; Tampa, FL; Reno, NV; Aiken County, SC and Shreveport, LA.

Mitel, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, provides integrated communications solutions and services for business customers.