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How to tackle the e-waste problem

In the fourth and final part of our green web seminar programme, we examine the best practices required to ensure the environmentally friendly recycling and disposal of IT equipment.

We discuss exactly why e-waste is such a problem and explore the best practices and processes required to ensure old IT equipment is recycled, re-used and disposed of in an environmentally-friendly manner.

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