Computers given a second life – in the schoolroom

Thursday 4th January 2007, 12:00AM GMT.

A CHANNEL Islands IT company wants to give unwanted, refurbished computer equipment to schools and charities.

The idea follows a call from iConsult for CI businesses to cut the amount of e-waste that they produce in the wake of the world forum on e-waste in Nairobi, where it was revealed that around 50 million tonnes of computer waste is generated each year worldwide – much of it containing toxic chemicals.

Tony Moffa, iConsult’s business development manager, said: ‘There is a need to cut the amount of computer equipment going to waste in the Channel Islands.

Currently computer hardware is the fastest-growing form of municipal waste.

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