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Computers donated to developing nations by Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) are now being sent back to the UK as they become defunct, so they can be safely recycled.
CFS is the first company in the UK to be involved in a scheme that responds to the increasing problem of e-waste in the developing world that is at least partly the result of the donations of computers made by businesses around the world.
Old computers from many businesses often end up in African countries, as well as in Pakistan and India, meant to help provide opportunities for some of the world’s most disadvantaged people.
These countries often do not have the necessary capabilities for recycling disused computers, however, meaning that hazardous components end up in landfill, leading to pollution of the environment and posing health risks to local residents.
So far, the new scheme has seen 3,500 defunct computers and components arrive in the UK on a shipment from Nairobi, and transported to Midex, in Surrey, where they will be safely recycled.
The director of information systems operations at CFS, Jon Marchant, said: “We are urging businesses to take responsibility for their used computers to stop unknowingly dumping e-waste on the developing world.”
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