We Gave IP Phones a Second Life

IP Phones are used around the world, particularly in telecoms and the healthcare industry. Often, when organisations have finished using them, they are unsure what to do with them and assume they have no further value.

As champions of the Circular Economy we keep technology in use for longer. Following testing and cleaning at our Danish facility, we used our market insight to find a user for these phones.

In December 2021 we completed a product tear down for some of the most used networking and telephony equipment.

Using the life cycle analysis data we have from this work, we were able to give our partner real world data.
Keeping these IP phones in use prevented 1.73 tonnes of embodied carbon* from being wasted before the end of its useful life.

Or, to look at it another way, 1.73 tonnes of embodied carbon wasn’t created as the organisation who is now using them, didn’t need to purchase new ones.

These IP phones are now being used by a healthcare provider. Less eWaste, less landfill, less carbon and more raw materials in the ground.

Aligning to the principles of the circular economy has never been more important.

Small actions have big impacts.

*cradle to grave results.