Environmental

PlanITROI maintains a closed-loop Environmental Management System that is founded on the stringent ISO 14001 and R2 standards.

PlanITROI has maintained “green” ITAD environmental policies since 1991. PlanITROI has been referred to as “being green before the term was popular.”

PlanITROI’s core environmental policies are:

Zero landfill
Zero incineration
Zero export of non-functioning assets or e-waste

PlanITROI: A History of Being Green
Certified Nused PCs represent the highest quality pre-owned computer in the market. PlanITROI has maintained a sustainable IT and “Green” orientation since the founding of the company and has been at the forefront of the Green and Sustainable IT movements for nearly two decades. We have consistently advocated that corporations and government agencies keep their retired IT assets out of the waste stream and the world’s landfills. This is not just because zero-landfill policies are more eco-friendly, but because we have long recognized that there is a strong global demand for high quality refurbished, and specifically, our Certified Nused^sm, IT assets.

The company is committed to maintaining the highest levels of environmental responsibility and take every precaution to prevent IT equipment we process from ending up in the world’s landfills or rivers.

PlanITROI maintains a closed-loop Environmental Management System. The company’s processes are ISO14001 and R2 Certified.

Responsible Recycling

Every asset we receive from our clients is tracked by serial number so no items will be listed as “unaccounted.”
If PlanITROI cannot add value to particular unit and remarket it for the highest amount possible, the unit is securely transported to our downstream partners for proper recycling.
We remarket 90% of the assets we receive.
These same environmental best practices are held to throughout the globe as we serve clients worldwide.

Downstream Partner Requirements
Environmental Protection Agency It’s important for clients to know that there is no such thing as an “EPA-Certified Electronics Processing Facility.” The EPA does not audit electronics recycling operations and provide an approval designation. That is why it is necessary to work with an ITAD services provider that has a downstream process that is ISO 14001 certified and e-Stewards or R2 certified as well. These certifications require third party audits and need to be maintained.

PlanITROI randomly audits its downstream partners and also verifies that certifications are up to date.
Certificates of Recycling are provided for all items sent through the recycling process. No items will be shown as unaccounted units.
Proper recycling requires that the downstream partner separate the items received into their base materials, i.e., plastics, glass, metals (ferrous and non-ferrous), etc. and then grinds these materials to a form that can be remarketed to industry as raw materials.
No e-waste goes to a landfill or to an incinerator.
Our downstream partners also utilize RCRA compliant haulers for transporting the ground and separate materials to manufacturers.

This attention to environmental detail is also good business, because certain assets have materials of value that can be reclaimed in the recycling process, thereby further reducing the cost of recycling.

In addition to U.S. federal, state and local requirements, PlanITROI holds to the WEEE requirements for the European Union and all country specific environmental regulations.

Carbon footprint data that supports any “Green Initiatives”
Most calculations of Carbon footprint focus on assets that are recycled not reused. Or they focus on energy utilization. PlanITROI focuses on all Carbon footprint savings to help benefit the environment and our client’s wallets. PlanITROI utilizes environmental benefits impact calculators to show clients the impact the re-use path has versus recycling. The calculator provides quantitative results for both environmental and economic benefits. The environmental benefits for re-use of laptops, desktop, servers, mobile phones and equivalent items far out-weigh the benefits of recycling. Recycling is the last acceptable option in an environmentally oriented program.