Glattbrugg – The FRZ Zurich Airport Region is launching a project to recycle and reuse information and communications technology (ICT) equipment. This is intended to reduce CO2 emissions and raw material requirements.
The Economic and Location Promotion FRZ Airport Region Zurich, based in Glattbrugg, launches the ICT Circular Economy project in the airport region. According to a According to a media release, the focus is on the reuse and upcycling - the extension of the useful life - of ICT hardware in order to reduce CO2 emissions and the need for raw materials. This project is being realized in close cooperation with FRZ members and partners such as Klein Computer System AG and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the release continues.
For the project on reuse and useful life extension of information and communication technology equipment, a circular economy report will first be produced to support companies and organizations in their sustainability goals. Other goals of the ICT Asset Life Cycle Service project, according to the FRZ release, include secure data erasure when hardware is returned in Switzerland, a cashback option at market value when hardware is handed in, and a joint circular economy report for the airport region.
«The Zurich airport region shows how business and sustainability can go hand in hand,» Rahel Kindermann Leuthard, managing director of FRZ, is quoted as saying. «The ICT Asset Life Cycle Service provides a valuable contribution to sustainable development,» Daniele Kohler of Hewlett Packard Enterprise is quoted as saying:
The increasing digitization leads to an increasing amount of electronic waste, says the FRZ on the background. The main goal is to give used ICT hardware a second life. Customers could also receive a circular economy report that can be incorporated into their own sustainability reports. ce/gba
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