In the previous article I explained how Tshwane Electronic Waste Company sees the recycling part of the 3 R's, says Frans de Bruyn, Managing Director at the company. In this article we look at the "Reuse" part of the equation. We all enjoy having the latest and best electronic devices, vehicles etc. A new crisp laptop with its nice box and crisp shiny plastic covers is fabulous but if we have to get a new one, what to do with the old one?
If you are a non-consumerist environmental "guru", you will sit with a device only good for recycling or will join the re-use part of the equation by purchasing refurbished IT equipment from Tshwane Electronic Waste Company. If you like a new laptop or PC, send your old electronics to Tshwane Electronic Waste Company. It purchases redundant electronic assets, like laptops, servers and PCs. It destroys all data, refurbishes the machine and resells it into the refurbished market. It pays cash for these devices and tests them well to ensure they are in great condition when they go back for resale.
It offers a tailor made buyback solution. It can replace devices. It buys all PCs, laptops, servers and computer scrap. It helps with community projects placing devices where the company wants. It offers data destruction from multi-pass software to physical destruction. It works with your internal systems and has keen, competent staff armed with barcode scanners and trucks.
The principal of responsible environmental management is to use less energy. To make less stuff and to use what we have for longer. Refurbishment creates jobs, and saves energy. Manufacturing a laptop uses more energy than it will use in its lifetime.
A laptop and CO2 production:
Up to 270 kilograms of co2 gases is produced to manufacture a laptop (https://phys.org/news/2011-04-factory-energy.html)
In the lifetime of the laptop 70% of the energy used will be the manufacture of the machine.
So how much is a kg of CO2 emissions?
* 3.1 kg for a braai (US figure I think we will be much less);
* 270 kg to manufacture laptop;
* 0.118 kg to drive 1 km with a Fiat (2011); and
* 44-88 kg to run a laptop for a year.
So it is a good thing to sell your laptop to Tshwane Electronic Waste Company. It offers data security, environmental consciousness and cash for electronic waste and reusable it products.
Reduce, Resell (to us), and Recycle.
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