To improve environmental awareness and data security, and to ‘close the loop’
on the electronics manufacturing cycle, Santander partnered with Computacenter
to conduct a two-day electronics recycling event at their UK headquarters.
Known as ‘Recycle for Good’, these days offer the opportunity for Santander’s people, customers, and the general public to securely dispose of unwanted electronic devices. Utilising Computacenter’s Circular Services, the event was held onsite at one of Santander’s key strategic locations, overseen by Circular Services specialists.
A positive collaboration
Where a device has a lifespan beyond its original purpose, Computacenter can recover, then redeploy, remarket, or where there is no longer any usable value, responsibly recycle. In the case of Recycle for Good, a fiscal value is generated from the assessment of any devices that are fit for remarketing, which can be distributed to the Santander Foundation, utilising redundant technology to make a meaningful impact in the community.
Every time a device enters the Circular Services stream, it is tracked at each stage of its journey. With each asset wholly accounted for, Santander also receives a report on all items processed by Circular Services, highlighting carbon and water avoidance from reusing or recycling the event’s devices.
Making an impact
With almost 200 phones, 50 tablets, 75 laptops, and 10 desktops – plus hundreds of smaller items including cables, webcams, headphones and mice received, Computacenter transported these to its Circular Services Center for processing, valuation, then either remarketing or recycling.
With up to 880 million redundant tech items in the UK, the Recycle for Good scheme encourages our customers, and their employees, to seek out technology items that may have another life around their homes and use them to help fight the global e-waste challenge whilst giving back to the community.