Everyone has one. That drawer. Old chargers, tangled cables, earphones from a trip years ago. We keep them because ‘we might still need it’.
Today is International E-Waste Day, and this year's focus is ‘Fast Tech’: electronics we buy quickly and forget even faster.
What I see every day at GREENCHIPS: companies have the same drawer. Just much bigger. Shelves of brand-new components, never used, slowly on their way to becoming e-waste. For the same reason: ‘We might still need it.’
The most sustainable component is the one that actually gets used. So far, we've saved 55 tonnes of electronics from becoming waste.
So today: at home, empty that drawer and recycle it properly. At work, check what's been on your shelves for over a year.
And if your company is sitting on excess electronic components, new and unused: let's talk. At GREENCHIPS we'll help you clear your shelves and give those components a second life.