Tag: recycling

Sun Customer Survey On The Environment

8 December 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

In our last newsletter (the Green Edition) we focussed on the greener future that we’re all starting to think about more seriously. In line with that, Sun Microsystems undertook a survey of their customers during the middle of this year to get an idea of how green the Sun community really is. Here are some interesting statistics [...]

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HP Is Green – HP’s Commitment To The Environment

29 September 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

While Computer Merchants has been recycling and reusing equipment for its entire history, what about our suppliers? Here’s some information from one of our suppliers on its commitment to reducing the environmental impact of its products and services throughout their lifecycle. In 1992, HP launched its “Design for Environment” (DfE) program Its aim was to reduce [...]

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Environmentally Responsible Office Supply Management

23 September 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

It’s not just about servers and racks. What about printers and consumables? Many organisations with personal devices like printers have cupboards full of ink and toners. We tend to order them in bulk for convenience rather than a need to save on cost. When the printers etc are replaced or removed, these consumables are left sitting on [...]

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Your Refurbished Hardware

10 December 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

How We Recycle The Computer We Buy From You To protect your privacy, we reformat all drives Then we remove them from the server, breaking up any RAID sets. These are then put on the shelves at our warehouse as individual stock items.  We track all system serial numbers that come into and leave our warehouse. Any stock items [...]

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Green Since 1979 And Getting Greener

17 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Since 1979, Computer Merchants have been recycling computer equipment throughout Australia and New Zealand. In fact we have been doing it so long we’ve become computer recycling experts. Our business was originally founded on the principle of recycling computer equipment. This has been a core value of our business. It’s how we help our customers [...]

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Help Our Neighbour, Help The Environment

16 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Since 1979 and throughout its history, Computer Merchants has been helping the environment by recycling used equipment, making it available for reuse by our customers. In a recent deal a large Australian, environmentally friendly corporation went one step better. When they accepted our offer to purchase some no longer required tape equipment, they asked that we [...]

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Norm Jefferies Maps Out The Future For Computer Merchants

15 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

In our last newsletter we said farewell to David McDade who retired after 22 years. As we move forward I would like to share with you our vision so that you know what to expect from us in the future. We have learnt over the last 28 years that our success has been built on [...]

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