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Jon Beyer, cofounder and CIO of plant food manufacturer TerraCycle, says his company’s entire mission is to be green. The company harvests worm waste to create plant food and then sells it in recycled soda bottles. That corporate mission extends to his IT organization.

“We just try to reuse older equipment as much as possible,” Beyer said. “Rather than purchase new workstations and laptops, we pay for refurbished equipment. We’re fairly small now, so we are able to do that. As we continue to grow, I like to think we can continue to do that.”
Beyer said some larger companies may not want to use older equipment, but there are incremental ways for them to be green as well. Incremental change can work for those companies that don’t have a lot of money to spend on big, comprehensive solutions. Taken from SearchCIO

At UsedCisco.com we’re finding that more and more companies are applying that sustainable cost saving philosophy of ‘reuse’ to their network infrastructure. IT budgets can often be one of the largest budget burdens for many organizations, particularly in developing areas like India and parts of Eastern Europe. Start up companies all over are no exception to that rule, and now even many large enterprises have begun sourcing spares through reputable vendors in the secondary market. We’ve seen it in the auto industry, and now the secondary market for used Cisco equipment is rapidly approaching the 3 billion dollar mark annually.

The fact is, when you consider a savings of 60-95% off list price, coupled with a 3 year warranty; and now, tack on the environmental benefits to that equitation and you’ve got a no brainer. Buying refurbished computer equipment is becoming the new standard for many cost conscious organizations with smart fundamental attitudes about protecting our planet.

Learn more about how ‘reuse’ of older computer equipment can help the environment and save you cash at the same time.

By Joshua Levitt
E-Commerce Sales and Marketing Manager for UsedCisco.com

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