Reducing E-waste with refurbished IT
Did you know?
That as the fastest growing waste stream in the world, there is so much E-waste that all of it together would weigh more than 125,000 Boeing 747 jumbo jets?
It is estimated that by 2020, there will be approximately 30 billion internet connected devices worldwide. However, just 20% of this will be appropriately collected and recycled…this will result in the loss of valuable materials and cause a serious environmental impact.
Re-Tek is constantly looking for solutions to combat this growing worldwide issue. One of our solutions being Lease-Tek, who enable companies to lease refurbished IT equipment, therefore extending the lifecycle of this equipment.
Read more about the E-waste problem, and what your organisation can do to help here…https://digit.fyi/it-leasing-uk/
CeeD Scotland Awards
Another award for Re-Tek
Re-Tek were named winners of the “Sustainability” award at this years CeeD Scotland Awards on Thursday 28th of February at the Hilton Hotel Glasgow.
We are delighted to have been named winners of the Sustainability award at this year’s CeeD Scotland awards in Glasgow. Our Projects Director attended the event and commented “Congratulations to CeeD on delivering a fantastic evening in the Hilton in their inaugural Awards ceremony. Thanks to all the sponsors and particularly the Scottish Institute of Remanufacture for sponsoring the Sustainability Award. It was an honour to collect the award from Paul on behalf of Re-Tek and our partners, and we wish all the other winners and nominees great success in the future.”
A video of the ceremony can be found here. Well done to all of the other nominees and winners!
Lease-Tek, Re-Tek's exciting new project
Smart People Lease
Re-Tek has been provided funding support through Zero Waste Scotland’s Resource Efficient Circular Economy Accelerator Programme, which helps small and medium sized businesses in Scotland be more resource efficient and create a more circular economy.
Lease-Tek is our exciting new project, providing a competitively priced computer hardware leasing service, negating the upfront cost required to update your IT equipment.
This is a great opportunity for organisations who are looking to enhance their low carbon initiatives. By leasing perfectly functional, refurbished equipment, you will help to extend the life-cycle of IT equipment, reduce the environmental effects of recycling and landfill, and promote the Scottish Governments drive towards a circular economy.
With monthly fees starting from £13, Lease-Tek provides an affordable choice for all businesses and third sector organisations. The service benefits from a dedicated helpline to support hardware issues and provides a replacement unit if the unit cannot be replaced.
More information can be found on the Lease-Tek website.
Adopt and Intern's Diversity Works seminar
Donated laptops put to good use
It’s great to see Re-Teks donated laptops being put to good use. Here they are pictured below, being used to train the women at Radiant and Brighter’s Adopt an Intern’s Diversity Works seminar.
Diversity Works is a Scottish Government-backed inclusive business initiative from socially-driven employment specialists, Adopt an Intern.
The aim of the seminar is to facilitate an open discussion between employers and women of BME communities regarding current employment policies and processes. This enables them to identify actions, allowing a more diverse workforce to be achieved and supported.
More donations to Working Rite
10 more laptops off to new homes
Pictured below is Re-Tek’s William McPherson and Working Rite’s Dennis Murphy with 10 more donated laptops before they went off to their new homes.
It was our pleasure to support Street Soccer Scotland’s young people and One Parent Families Scotland’s single mothers to help provide access to those desperate to get on the employment ladder.
Re-Tek would like to thank DIGIT once again for introducing us to these great causes.
Radiant and Brighter
Working Rite's Radiant and Brighter Community Interest project
Thanks to an introduction from DIGIT we were delighted to donate 10 laptops to Working Rite to help with their Radiant and Brighter Community Interest project.
Radiant and Brighter is a fantastic organisation promoting diversity through education, inspiration and changing perceptions to deliver greater societal integration and economic participation.
Here are some of them charging up and ready to go in their new home in Glasgow! All at Re-Tek wish them well.