Sustainability reporting is growing fast across the GCC, driven by national net-zero targets, stock exchange guidance and international investors. IT disposal is a small but visible part of it, and one of the easiest places to show circular-economy progress.
Why reuse matters more than recycling
For most laptops, phones and servers, the majority of lifetime emissions come from manufacturing, not from use, according to manufacturers’ own product carbon footprint reports. That means extending a device’s life through resale avoids far more emissions than recycling its materials.
What to measure
- Devices reused: resold whole, by category.
- Parts harvested: components returned to use.
- Material recycled: kilograms by stream, through licensed recyclers.
- Landfill: ideally zero, and documented.
- Estimated CO₂ avoided: from reused devices, using published footprint data.
How CO₂ avoided is estimated
A common approach takes the published manufacturing footprint of a comparable new device and credits a share of it to each reused device. The method and factors should be stated in the report, so the figure can be checked. Treat it as an estimate, not a measured value.
Where it fits in reporting frameworks
Waste and circularity data fit under waste disclosures such as GRI 306 (Waste). Emissions avoided are reported separately from your own emissions inventory and should not be netted against it.
What to ask your ITAD provider for
- A report per collection and an annual summary
- Figures traceable to serial numbers and weights
- The calculation method and sources for CO₂ estimates
- Recycler details for each material stream
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