BT has announced a new programme aimed at reducing business customers’ e-waste by recycling end-of-life equipment and helping them achieve their targets for a circular economy.

The programme comes as the telecom giant’s latest step in its pledge to move to circular products, networks and operations by 2030, and then extend this across its supply chain by 2040.

BT said as organisations around the world are transforming their network and IT infrastructure to support the latest multi-cloud deployments, its environmental specialists will work with customers to better understand and map the role of sustainability in a digital world.

Replaced or decommissioned electronic equipment will be shipped back to BT’s Cisco-certified environmental specialists and be ‘responsibly re-used’ or recycled through its takeback and reuse programme.

Up to 99.9 per cent of what is returned will reportedly be re-used or recycled.

“E-waste is a growing concern and according to WEF now the fastest-growing waste stream in the world,” said Hriday Ravindranath, chief product & digital officer at BT’s global unit. “Our customers and partners have made commitments to report on and improve performance in this critical area.”

Ravindranath added: “Creating a more sustainable, circular economy, where we prioritise dematerialisation and avoid equipment going to landfill, is vital.”

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