Vertical Markets

Computer recycling

by Mark Rowe

At the University of Portsmouth, Stone Group, a UK-based IT firm, is revising and managing its IT recycling. Stone Group will establish IT asset disposal policies that control the recycling of old equipment, and keep data secure for compliance with Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) regulations.

The IT firm already provides the university with a door-to-door recycling service that meets its carbon reduction needs and echoes its own zero landfill policy within its recycling and waste management scheme. The university can now also provide its staff, students and friends of the university with the opportunity to buy redundant hardware.

The recycled university IT equipment is sold through Stone Group’s bespoke version of its e-commerce portal, Encore, which is available exclusively to university’s registered users. The equipment is offered at 30 per cent less than market resale value. Data erasure software firm Blancco, disposes of any sensitive data. Devices are restored to factory settings and uploaded to the portal for a set days.

Stone Group operates its own in-house recycling and refurbishment facility, licensed by the Environment Agency, and is ADISA certified to distinction level against the enhanced ADISA ITAD Standard – the only hardware manufacturer globally to have achieved this exclusive status, it says. Devices that goes into Stone Group’s facility are managed to the ISO 27001 information security management standard and has its data wiped in accordance with Impact Level (IL) 3 and Blancco regulations, for which it is a Blancco Gold Partner.

Robbie Walker, Security Architect at University of Portsmouth said: “We pride ourselves on our environmental sustainability goals and see the recycling of IT hardware as a key part to achieving this. Being able to offer this equipment to our staff and students through this simple portal is a natural step in supporting quality education throughout the University community.

No one is really offering this service to their staff and students yet and we’re happy to be able to demonstrate what can be achieved. The scheme is also offered to local schools with little budget, but in need of newer technology, so this is a great reuse of equipment.”

And Gary Buxton, Group Operations Director at Stone Group said: “Portsmouth University is making the absolute most of its hardware estate by implementing such a thorough recycling policy. We’re managing the entire lifecycle of its technology and ensuring that it gets the maximum possible use, both whilst in situ at the University and after it has been secured and refurbished. Within the confines of new standards and regulations, public sector technology estates can now expect a far longer and more useful life. In combination with the other advantageous bi-product of recycling, financial savings, this renewed policy for Portsmouth can only improve its return on investment in technology and services.”

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