Proof, Not Promises: How to Measure What Your Old IT Actually Achieves
· 3 min read
Anyone can say their IT disposal is sustainable. Here is how to measure what your retired tech actually achieves, and how to prove it.
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Reuse Project Part 3: The Best Outcome for Every Device
· 4 min read
Every retired device has several possible futures. Here is how we now choose the best one, and why it matters for device reuse.
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Digital Inclusion Is Now a Government Remit. Remits Don’t Come With Devices.
· 3 min read
Digital inclusion has a new home in government. A remit is a direction, not a device, and the devices that could help already exist.
Paule’s Story: How a Refurbished Phone Reconnected a Mother With Her Children
· 4 min read
A phone that once served a business is now keeping Paule in touch with her children and powering her ambitions as a chef, after homelessness left her cut off from both. This is her story.
Memory Is Now 40% of a PC’s Parts Bill. Plan Your Refresh Around It.
· 3 min read
Omdia puts memory and storage at nearly 40% of a PC’s component cost. Here are three moves for an IT leader replanning a refresh.
Microsoft Will Sell You Three More Years. Ask What You Are Buying.
· 6 min read
Year two of Windows 10 security updates has started at double the price. Before you pay it across the board, sort your estate into two piles.
Reuse Project Part 2: Device Valuation Accuracy
· 4 min read
Accurate device valuation is what funds our digital inclusion work. Why retired IT is hard to price, and what we built to get closer.
Built to Be Replaced: What We Heard at Circular Tech Expo
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Our panel on the IT Reuse for Good Charter at Circular Tech Expo: AI and digital poverty, government pressure and built-in obsolescence.
Dignified: The West Silvertown Way
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We visited West Silvertown Foundation, a digital inclusion hub for the National Device Bank. Here's what we saw, and why it moved us.
Your AI Upgrade Has a Disposal Problem. Have You Solved It?
· 3 min read
The AI infrastructure build-out is accelerating hardware retirement at a rate most IT teams have not planned for. New servers.
Reconome and Good Things Foundation mark major milestone
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Good Things Foundation and Reconome celebrate the National Device Bank passing 100 contributing organisations, with almost 40,000 people supported.
Reuse Project Part 1: A Forgotten Login Shouldn’t End a Laptop’s Life
· 6 min read
Part one of six. Over the next six months we are rebuilding how every device we handle gets its ending,