The most cited reason for using refurbished gear is reducing e-waste, an IDC survey found. Credit: Gerd Altmann Reducing e-waste and extending the useful life of IT gear are top recycling drivers, according to an IDC survey. The most commonly cited motivation was to reduce e-waste, with more than half those surveyed in Latin America, Western Europe, and Asia-Pacific, citing it, and with US respondents falling just shy of 50%. The IDC Spotlight survey results of 540 respondents was conducted in February 2023 and written by IDC Research Vice President, Flexible Consumption and Financing Strategies for IT Infrastructure. Reducing e-waste was also the most frequent response regardless of region except for the US, where improving useful life and obtaining value for older gear was most common. Other responses, each of which were factors for more than 25% of those who answered the survey, included corporate mandate to improve sustainability metrics, tax incentives for recycling, regulatory requirements, and allowing employees to buy their devices at end-of-life. Used equipment can reduce procurement cycles, increase the inventory of spare parts, and stretch IT budgets, IDC recommends. It also says organizations should build internal teams to set goals to increase use of refurbished gear and report their sustainability achievements to senior leadership. Related content how-to Compressing files using the zip command on Linux The zip command lets you compress files to preserve them or back them up, and you can require a password to extract the contents of a zip file. By Sandra Henry-Stocker May 13, 2024 4 mins Linux news High-bandwidth memory nearly sold out until 2026 While it might be tempting to blame Nvidia for the shortage of HBM, it’s not alone in driving high-performance computing and demand for the memory HPC requires. By Andy Patrizio May 13, 2024 3 mins CPUs and Processors High-Performance Computing Data Center opinion NSA, FBI warn of email spoofing threat Email spoofing is acknowledged by experts as a very credible threat. By Sandra Henry-Stocker May 13, 2024 3 mins Linux how-to Download our SASE and SSE enterprise buyer’s guide From the editors of Network World, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps network and security IT staff understand what Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge) SSE can do for their organizations and how to choose the right solut By Neal Weinberg May 13, 2024 1 min SASE Remote Access Security Network Security PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe