IT can also be an old tree a new look
IT provides a second life
Electronic devices are the necessities of modern life.Notebook computers, smart phones, printers, and tablets, and other technical dominates the workplace and our families.But once they are broken or is considered "outdated", where does that leave the electronic equipment?The reality is that most of the laptops have been thrown into a landfill.
The existing problems
These electronic waste will release toxic chemicals into the atmosphere, such as lead, zinc and barium.In landfill site, the equipment of toxic substances will seep into groundwater, affect life on land and sea animals, and affect the health of the people in developing countries, because most of the electronic waste are processed in these countries.However, brooke BioSpin through cooperation with a professional recycling organizations, limpid provides them with new opportunities.
As with many companies in the world, in the brook BioSpin, we will use a lot of electronic equipment.With shorter service life of the equipment, however, this problem is more serious: laptop warranty usually for four years, and smartphone warranty, often only two years.When staff get a new device, they will ask how to deal with their old equipment.In fact, we don't have a reasonable answer, because for the abandonment of hardware, does not have a formal process.Realize this, we hope to find a responsible and good solution.
The solution
After studying a, a nonprofit company has social and ecological philosophy AfB, we decided to our IT junk, make a unified plan.Brooke, it is an inclusive in Ettlingen company employs people with disabilities.In fact, about 43% of the brook employees are disabled, they will be for companies and public organizations to donate old IT equipment and mobile equipment for cleaning and rebuilding.
Can repair the equipment will be from their own resale in store, or from the retail units are sold or online.Company can use their own internal facilities professional remove any hardware cannot be repaired, and keep the feature as spare parts.The rest of the components can be separated into single material, and transferred to the recycling centers across Europe certification.
AfB will collect our old equipment and before transferred to their hardware facilities for authorized data deletion.AfB company every year to offer us a detailed certificate of corporate social responsibility, show us how to contribute to the social and ecological benefits.
advantages
The move will begin brooke BioSpin from Germany.As time goes on, we are going to other park in France and Switzerland also promote the measure, AfB company also has subsidiaries in these places.Through contribute to this project to reuse equipment, we are helping to reduce the demand for metal and mineral mining, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and save energy time associated with production of new equipment.Donate old hardware, enable it to obtain a second life, to create a more cost-effective equipment market, which helps to promote the digital process.
AfB has been operating for 15 years, during this time, they have saved 87270 tonnes of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of 15 years every day from 5 round-trip flights to New York, Berlin and saves enough energy to 15 years in 7500 families.Cooperation with AfB also let us feel very satisfied, because we strive to create a workplace for the disabled.With the sustainable development of enterprise cooperation, we feel very proud.We hope that brooke will in the future for many years and AfB to continue the relationship.