Many businesses are throwing away IT equipment before end-of-life

Date:
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:20:17 +0000

Description:
Business owners dont know that refurbished kit can work just as well as new gear, report claims.

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Many businesses tend not to repair broken hardware, and instead throw it
away, even before it reaches end-of-life. These are the findings of a new report from Euro PC which hints that the practice means additional
unnecessary expenses.

Surveying 1,200 UK business owners for the report, Euro PC discovered that just a quarter (26%) have a refurbishment partner that fixes broken gear for them. The rest just throw it away.

Drilling deeper, the company found roughly two-thirds (59%) of firms are throwing away IT gear before it reaches end-of-life, while 54% swap out their endpoints every three to five years, on average Speed, reliability, and security

The main reasons why they replace their endpoints so often include improving speed, increasing reliability, and boosting their security. In fact, many business owners dont believe refurbished gear can be fast, reliable, and secure, and would use it more if they knew otherwise.

In fact, a third said they naturally assumed refurbished IT gear would be riskier, while almost four-fifths said they would happily use them if they could achieve the same performance and security as with new gear.

The majority of surveyed business owners said they threw away laptops (87%). However, servers (76%), routers (63%), and monitors (59%) were also high on the list, with desktops (48%) being the only type of endpoint being thrown away too often by less than half of the respondents. Read more

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Euro PC has also raised the issue of e-waste. It states that every year, businesses throw away 145,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste, something most business owners (82%) werent aware of.

Refurbished equipment can achieve the same level of performance and save companies significant amounts of money in the long run, comments Alan
Gilmour, Managing Director at Euro PC. By extending the life of IT equipment that businesses already have, companies can reduce the amount of e-waste produced at the same time. Its certainly refreshing to see the sheer number
of business owners that are willing to make greener tech choices in the future, by choosing refurbished products over brand-new.

Almost all (87%) of the respondents agreed they would consider making greener tech choices in the future, mostly for sustainability reasons. Heres our rundown of the best business monitors right now



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