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Refurbished Computer Initiative
According to industry research, approximately 150 million obsolete PCs are currently sitting in storage. Gartner estimates that more than 75% of PCs replaced out of the installed base in supply countries such as the United States are four or fewer years old, yet less than 1% are donated to charity.
Thousands of schools, nonprofits and low-income families could greatly benefit from access to this resource. An estimated 4.3 million affordable desktop and notebook computers are needed by U.S. nonprofits to help them effectively serve their communities.
The Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) is an innovative approach to helping corporations make surplus computer equipment available for charity reuse. Developed by TechSoup with support from Redemtech, RCI improves access to computers for nonprofits, prolongs the useable life of computers, and ensures their responsible disposal, thereby reducing electronic waste (e-waste).
Benefits of RCI to corporate donors include:
- Convenient disposition of surplus IT equipment – avoid rapid depreciation, unnecessary facility and maintenance costs and security liabilities
- Value-added services by Redemtech, including 100% warranted data erasure,
free asset recovery and recycling for donated equipment at end-of-life, and certified privacy and e-waste compliance reporting
- Reports from TechSoup tracking recipients of the donated computers and the benefit of the donated equipment on each recipient’s mission
- Effective corporate philanthropy involving minimal internal resources
Put to good use your surplus IT equipment and benefit the environment as well by giving new life to computers that may otherwise be destined for disposal. After all, a working computer is a terrible thing to waste.
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