Refurbished: the ecological and economical choice of those who respect the environment

When you buy new electronic equipment, you think exclusively about the price and functionality of the device, but leave out a very important aspect of the production of new devices, their environmental impact , to which, however, there is a solution. In fact, our company, leader in Italy in the reconditioned sector, takes care of withdrawing thousands of pieces of equipment from the market, giving them new life, regenerating them and putting them back into circulation, thus avoiding waste of raw material resources and CO2 to produce new ones, and in doing so avoiding thousands of tons of plastic and metals that would inevitably be dispersed across our planet.

To date we have reached the milestone of over 500,000 refurbished devices in 10 years, an important milestone, especially if we consider the not very reassuring data regarding the waste of raw materials in the world and consequently the continuous increase in greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, every year the world economy consumes approximately 93 billion tons of raw materials, of which only 9% are reused. Just as 62% of greenhouse gas emissions occur during the process of extracting and processing raw materials. According to a 2018 study carried out by the University of California McMaster, smartphones contribute significantly to emissions, in fact within 10 years these will go from 17 million tons of CO2 to 125 million in 2020. We are therefore talking about an increase in 730%. What is worrying, however, is knowing that between 85% and 95% of these emissions derive from the production of the devices themselves, and not from their use. Not to mention bulkier equipment such as PCs, printers and copiers. On Thursday 13 May, Italy exhausted the natural resources made available by the Earth for 2021, therefore from today until the end of the year we will be in debt to the planet. When the income of a family, a company or an entire country is exceeded by the expenses incurred, it enters into debt, thus making it necessary to draw on extra resources, with all the consequences that this entails. Even the balance of natural resources made available to the Earth can go into debt when unbridled consumption by man exceeds the so-called "biocapacity" of the planet.

It goes without saying that we cannot continue to exploit the planet forever, and it is precisely for this reason that the only possible alternative is to change the development model. And therefore the solution to save the planet is to promote and grow the circular economy , that is, avoiding waste and saving energy by putting the same products back into circulation or reusing the same materials they are made of. In Italy, as in the rest of the world, something is moving, but it is not enough. This is where the world of refurbished products comes into play. Our company provides for the recirculation of devices that are still widely usable, making use of eco-sustainable reconditioning methods, but without neglecting the performance or durability of the equipment.

Take a PC for example: by purchasing it refurbished , rather than new, you save around 150 kg of CO2, the same amount as a 5-hour car journey, or with a refurbished multifunction printer you save 220 kg of CO2, the same amount as a 13 watt bulb lit for 2 years.

However, attention to the environment is not the only good quality of Computers Parts , because the same care and attention is also paid to the reconditioning process of the devices, thanks to which their perfect functioning is guaranteed, like new. We are therefore talking about devices, such as used PCs , used printers , used laptop PCs , and premium-level used smartphones , that is: a used device that is subjected to dozens of hardware and software tests, any damaged components are replaced and, at the end of the tests, the device is carefully sanitized with the result that each device on sale on the website www.mettoanuovo.it is a Refurbished, 100% functional and guaranteed for 12 months.

By purchasing refurbished devices, you will not only save money, but you will have the opportunity to do something concrete for our planet, thus reducing the pollution produced by the creation of new devices and above all the pollution resulting from the disposal of equipment that could be still widely used.