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EDUTWIN by Micha Schraven
The average life-time of computer equipment is about one to four years, the growing amount of e-waste is a serious issue.
Most equipment is not broken, just deemed outdated for their intended use. Especially in the case of MacBooks, which have limited upgrading capabilities replacement is frequent and early.
If you like to read more, we recommend to read this article on iFixit, a company that is a strong promoter of repairing hardware in order to lengthen its usability.
Methods for end-of-life management
As waste is recognized as a serious issue in the natural environment, best practices have been developed to deal with waste in real-life. In ranking order from most preferable to less preferable, the methods for end-of-life management can be classified in the following waste management hierarchy:
Electronic Waste
What to do with e-waste (hasan and burns 2012)
As the hierarchy shows, Re-using or extending the working life of existing equipment is the most desirable method. Keeping equipment in service for longer reduces the environmental cost of manufacturing, transporting, and disposing of new hardware.
Our ways of re-use
There are several ways EduTwin re-uses equipment
Re-assigning or re-deploying equipment to users with lower acceptance criteria.
For example desktops may be used as thin clients, with low performance requirements
Donating old equipment to non-profit institutions, e.g. schools or charity, will extend the lifecycle as well
Re-use of parts
guarantees of edutwin
For your Peace of Mind, Edutwin wipes harddisks using the US DoD 5220.22.m software sanitation protocol. Because a Macbook is already encrypted with Filevault this extra wipe process is as secure as it can be. If your company requires another protocol, let us know.
In some cases removal of SSD is negotiable. We can wipe on site if required. Inquire by sending an email.
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