When it comes to IT, choosing to shop, swap, or drop with an REI social enterprise benefits your community, the environment and the local economy.

The REI benefits the community by:

●          Creating valuable training places for the long term unemployed, young people and people with mental health problems.

●          Keeping skilled jobs local.

●          Providing a professional recycling and refurbishment service that meets local needs.

The REI benefits the environment by:

●          Reducing CO2 emissions – less IT equipment sent to landfill means less greenhouse gas emissions.

●          Reducing road miles – local services mean products travel fewer miles. Less vehicle journeys conserves energy, cuts air pollution and reduce ffffffffffffCO2 emissions.

●          Providing a professional and environmentally-responsible recycling service for complex and sometimes hazardous electrical products.

The REI benefits the local economy by:

●          Making IT affordable and accessible to low income families, charities and start-up businesses.

●          Helping to reduce landfill tax – less waste sent to landfill means a lower council tax bill and more money in your pocket.

●          Offering businesses services that make them more resource efficient – buying refurbished equipment can cut costs and carbon footprints; ffffffffffffrecycling end-of-life IT equipment improves waste management and environmental performance.

And whether you want to buy refurbished IT, bring IT to be upgraded using recovered components, or want to drop off kit that has reached the end of its useful life for recycling, you can be sure that an REI member will provide a service that meets all the latest WEEE and hazardous waste legislation.