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Environmentally Responsible Networking

With our long history of refurbishing and reselling IT equipment, environmental responsibility is a fundamental principal at Network Hardware Resale. Our commitment to the environment drives us to develop programs that encourage green IT practices by making them financially beneficial as well as environmentally friendly. Green IT can be a challenging proposition for many organizations. Recycling, eco-responsible, energy efficient and carbon-neutral innovations are often expensive to implement. Many IT managers want to adopt environmentally friendly practices, but not if it means sacrificing infrastructure, application or security budgets.

Asset Recovery: It Pays to be Green NHR's asset recovery program extends the useful life of networking equipment while giving companies a way to recoup value in surplus routing, switching and IP telephony technology. Selling equipment to NHR is a practical, simple way to be green and benefit financially. By buying, refurbishing and reselling equipment, NHR reduces e-waste. Of the 740,000+ items we shipped out in 2012, 228,804 items were pre-owned/used. This resulted in 3,932,745 lbs. (1,783,863 kgs.) of potential e-waste that was saved from landfills. That equates to 1,966 tons (1,784 metric tons) and represents nearly 3,150 dump trucks lined up for almost 8 miles (almost 13 kilometers)! Refurbished Equipment: Eco-Friendly and Budget Friendly Companies embracing the reuse of IT equipment are saving money and extending networking equipment lifecycles. While Cisco and other leading manufacturers often release product upgrades every three years, switches and routers have a much longer useful life. Reuse is a powerful component for environmental sustainability as it reduces waste materials and lowers consumption of fossil fuels used in the continual manufacturing of new equipment.		69% of managers say cost efficiency is the key to implementing greener policies Source: NetworkWorld, survey by Corporate IT Forum

NHR's asset recovery program saves more than 1,900 tons of potential e-waste from landfills each year. This represents nearly 3,150 dump trucks containing used networking equipment lined up for almost 8 miles.	Energy Efficient Technologies NHR partners with manufacturers like Force10 Networks that are leading the industry in eco-efficient innovation. Force10 manufactures products using advanced chips that consume less power as well as promote intelligent power management. The company also works with partners and customers to implement automated power saving functions and best-practice design approaches to reduce data center power and cooling requirements. NHR offers Force10 customers the ability to remarket displaced, used networking equipment and apply that credit to the purchase of a high-density, high-performance Force10 solution.

Four Simple Steps to Go Green Working with NHR, companies can immediately take practical, cost-effective steps to improve environmental responsibility: Develop an IT asset management strategy that includes end-of-life planning for remarketing and recycling equipment. Amend procurement practices to include refurbished options for networking equipment especially when cost, immediate delivery or a need for previous generation equipment is a factor. Extend upgrade cycles by avoiding upgrades forced by manufacturer product end-of-life (EOL) announcements. NHR’s NetSure maintenance program supports EOL equipment until your next planned upgrade. Consider leasing equipment from NHR to both minimize initial investment and ensure end-of-life asset management.