Improve sustainability performance
One mobile phone, if thrown away, can pollute almost 150.000 liters of ground water. Moreover, the 85M phones that reach ‘end of life’ in the EU every year, if recycled, are enough to power almost 20.000 homes for a year1.
Even with stricter EU (WEEE2) regulations in place since 2003, less than 10% of company phones are recycled or reused. In addition, there has been significant reporting of illegal landfills of electronics equipment that has actually gone through a formal recycling channel. This is a practice your company does not want the risk of being associated with. Read more about how Our Programs can improve the sustainability performance of your business.
Reuse of equipment delivers the highest sustainability impact. SustainMobile is able to refurbish ‘end-of-life’ mobile devices such that about 60% can be reused. The remaining 40% is disassembled for reuse of components or smelted down for metal and plastics in strict compliance with ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards. SustainMobile offers full reporting on your carbon offset in compliance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) accounting standards.
1. Source Environmental protection Agency (EPA)
2. WEEE: the European Community directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)