Environmental waste clearance company, EnviroWaste, has tracked the office technologies that it has collected over the last 12 months, and has revealed that across offices in London the most discarded items were Samsung laptops.
EnviroWaste says it collected 240 Samsung laptops over the last year, while the least discarded item are Apple MacBooks, with only three being collected.
EnviroWaste employees have been keeping a record of the technological items they collect in their waste hauls to see which tech items are being thrown away the most. The initiative started after EnviroWaste collected seven Samsung laptops from one office. All of the above were found in commercial hauls and skip hire collections in the greater London area. Items that could be refurbished or were still in working order were sold on to second hand retailers.
James Rubin owner of EnviroWaste said: “I think our findings are interesting because it reflects the British office’s preference towards technology. Although it’s not surprising that we discarded more out of date items such as webcams, calculators and label makers, I was surprised at just how many Samsung laptops were thrown away. That could be because they’re just the most popular office laptop or it could be that they’re being replaced by better computers.
“I think the general trend in technology is that functions are being combined, for example most laptops will now have an in-built webcam and offices are also making steps to becoming more paperless, which is great, so scanners, label makers and fax machines aren’t used as much. I’m glad about this, and even more thrilled that the majority of the tech haul items we picked up could be sold on instead of being thrown away.”
The top 10 most discarded bits of tech were:
Samsung laptops 240
HP Fax machine 211
Toshiba laptops 198
Logitech webcams 153
Acer laptops 144
HP scanners 142
Binatone telephones 98
Proaction paper shredders 79
Canon printers 53
Assorted franking machines 51
The full list can be found here
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