Case study: getting most value out of used IT equipment

Today, electronic products are often regarded as scrap after their "first" use-phase (regardless of whether they are disposed of or not by the end-user), but in many cases, electronic equipment which is no longer useful to the original purchaser still has value for others or is still useful for other applications. In a one month pilot run IT equipment was collected from retail stores in Germany and Austria and sent for re-use to Austria. In order to get the most value out, recycling options at the highest possible level have been used.