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Article: A second life for IT assets: the secondary market reduces e-waste, increases the useful life of equipment and stretches budgets.(Green Tech)
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- Communications News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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From the IT manufacturers' perspective, the push to "go green" is good for business, because advances in technology means replacing network equipment. Manufacturers are producing a plethora of power-saving products, encouraging customers to buy new hardware, even if existing equipment still works, in order to save money in energy costs, which does not seem like an Earth-friendly definition of green if you consider what happens to most end-of-life products.
The rapid obsolescence of network and telecommunications equipment is the biggest contributor to the growing supply of electronic waste (e-waste). The life span of today's IT equipment is growing increasingly ...