Going Beyond E-Recycling: How Smart ITAD Avoids Up to 28 Times More CO2 Emissions

Strategic IT asset disposition (ITAD) can significantly reduce your organization’s carbon footprint while maximizing value recovery. By prioritizing reuse over recycling or disposal, companies achieve major Scope 3 and Scope 4 emissions reductions, improve sustainability reporting, and avoid legal and environmental risks. This paper was researched and written by our in-house sustainability analyst to outline the impact of different disposition methods on emissions, explore the dangers of improper recycling and landfilling, and highlight why reuse delivers the most environmental and social benefits. With better timing and the right ITAD provider, businesses can transform ITAD from a cost burden into a revenue-generating solution that reduces emissions and supports a circular economy.