Un-circling the wagons to secure sustainable tech

With environmental, social and governance (ESG) climbing to the top of the corporate agenda, more and more organisations are casting a critical eye on their IT estate. Jason Walsh asks if the circular economy means computers can really be sustainable

Faye Thomas, chief commercial officer at Vyta; the group refurbishes IT equipment from government and corporate entities and re-sells it. Picture: Donal McCann

The circular economy, the vision of refashioning our economic models of production and consumption to move toward sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and using products as long as possible before finally recycling them, has moved from a fringe idea to a demand being made by governments and NGOs alike.

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