Kiwi Stories

Microsoft Surface repairs now available nationwide in NZ

Broken screens and other minor defects can now be rectified nationwide by repair technicians based in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Dec 2023

Supply Chain

Quadrent Green Lease bridges the digital gap in New Zealand

The Quadrent Green Lease programme champions digital inclusion and e-waste reduction in New Zealand's underprivileged communities.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 20th Nov 2023

Samsung

Samsung hosts e-waste collection day in Auckland this weekend

Samsung Electronics New Zealand is hosting free electronic collection events on International E-Waste Day to tackle the growing issue of e-waste.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Oct 2023

Global Stories

Network Infrastructure

Technology's power: Steering sustainable IT evolution forward

When considering sustainable IT solutions, we've broken down the six steps of transformative actions that could help your organisation reach its goals.

By Katrina Lawrence • 7 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2024

Network Infrastructure

Dell's Concept Luna inspires drive for sustainable product design

Dell Technologies tackles e-waste with Concept Luna, championing sustainable, recyclable technology design.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Dec 2023

DevOps

RAD project marks impressive 2023 with donations & accolades

In 2023, the Recycle A Device (RAD) project achieved remarkable milestones, including donating 2,374 laptops and winning notable accolades.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Mon, 4th Dec 2023

Migration

Data centres could use 20% of global power by 2025

Data centres could account for a fifth of the world's power consumption by 2025, underlining a pressing need for sector sustainability, says Wisetek.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 21st Nov 2023

Storage

Seagate reveals Exos CORVAULT 4U106 with extraordinary 2.5PB storage capacity

Seagate Technology unveils Exos CORVAULT 4U106, a multi-petabyte block storage system with a massive 2.5PB capacity.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 16th Nov 2023

Digital Transformation

Schneider Electric updates environmental reporting for data centres

Schneider Electric updates sustainability metrics-reporting system aimed at improving environmental benchmarks for data centres.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Nov 2023

DataCentre infrastructure

Blancco prevents 107m KG of IT devices from becoming e-waste in a year

Blancco's software prevented 107m KG of IT devices from becoming e-waste, erasing data from 63.8 million devices in the past year.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Oct 2023

Clean technologies

IWD 2023: The circular economy for e-waste needs more (wo)manpower

The planet desperately needs more people to act sustainably, but that burden of responsibility shouldn't fall squarely on women's shoulders.

By Gulrez Tyebji • 3 min read • Wed, 8th Mar 2023

e-waste & Recycling

Arnies Recon to help e-recycle during the festive season

Arnies Recon has saved over 4.5 thousand tonnes of appliances and electronics from landfill in the last three years.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Nov 2022

Stories from Other Regions

Clean technologies

Study reveals gaps in ASX firms' e-waste reporting

Research by Sircel reveals just 19% of top Australian firms report e-waste in sustainability reports, despite it being the world's fastest-growing waste stream.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 23rd Oct 2024

Vodafone

Vodafone encourages Australians to recycle unused mobile devices

Vodafone urges Aussies to recycle old mobiles this holiday, revealing 22.3 million devices lay redundant across the nation.

By Imee Dequito • 2 min read • Thu, 30th Nov 2023

Clean technologies

London start-up Reboxed secures £1.6m for sustainable tech retail growth

Sustainable tech start-up Reboxed has bagged £1.6m to boost its eco-friendly marketplace, aspiring to rehome 100 million devices by 2030.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 24th Nov 2023

Clean technologies

Hyderabad teen duo wins award for e-waste initiative

Hyderabad's young prodigies, Diya Loka and Sahithi Radha, have won international recognition for their e-waste initiative, E-Cycl.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Oct 2023

Clean technologies

Salvation Army's SATCoL re-launching data destruction service

The project aims to save companies money and give unwanted IT equipment such as laptops, PCs, phones and tablets a new lease of life.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Sep 2023

Clean technologies

BOM IT partners Byteback to help the IT industry cut carbon

BOM IT Solutions has partnered with the electronic waste company, Byteback, to help the IT sector reduce its electronic waste and cut its carbon footprint.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Mon, 24th Apr 2023