Circular Solutions Overseas: Techbuyer UK Influences Governmental Policy

As a successful IT organization in the refurbishment sector, we joined the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) to demonstrate that refurbishment is a viable business model, and to give insight on why more organizations do not sell to, or buy from, the secondary market. You can watch the session here (starting from 15:48:20) on Parliament TV.

Key points from the Parliament TV session:

  • To encourage organizations consider refurbished and recycled alternatives to new, we suggested that policy makers could create a new regulation. This could be as simple as having a declaration attached to tenders stipulating why new equipment must be used in this particular case. This would force companies to consider other options, or justify why they are not considering them.
  • Techbuyer’s contribution slotted into a far wider conversation, which covered extended producer responsibility, waste collection models and procedures, consumer take back schemes, accountability and transparency. Taken as a whole, this will hopefully lead to very positive change in the UK, and overseas, too.

Techbuyer is a sustainable IT solutions specialist. Starting with just two people in Harrogate, UK in 2005, the company has grown to become a global supplier with seven sites across the US, Europe and Asia Pacific. Our extensive range of refurbished server, storage and networking equipment, PCs and laptops comes with a three year warranty for excellent reliability and complete peace of mind. Find out more about our refurbished IT equipment here.