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Circular Economy Podcast - Episode 77 Steve Haskew – Remanufactured laptops

Steve Haskew of Circular Computing is back to tell Catherine how Circular Computing was awarded the world’s first BSI Kitemark™ for Remanufactured Laptops from the British Standards Institute.

Steve explains what a Kitemark is, and why it’s important. Steve also tells us how the Kitemark has opened up conversations with new customers and partners, and why it’s important to realise that a zero carbon future can only happen if we go all-in for a circular economy.

Podcast host Catherine Weetman helps businesses use circular, regenerative and fair solutions to do better, with less.

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About Steve Haskew

Steve Haskew specialises in a Circular Economy business model, specifically within the IT industry – a “Super Looper”. 

He has a deep understanding of the UN SDG’s, of resource preservation challenges, ethics in the supply chain, a wide knowledge of positive change required in eWaste, and reverse logistics – and the interdependent relationships these have, with an acceleration to a Carbon Net Zero future.

He is a regular keynote at Governmental level, the UN and EU helping to build the bridges to the Circular Economy and sustainability in the IT industry as the transition to a Circular Economy takes hold. 

About Circular Computing

Circular Computing exists to create a more ethical, sustainable and socially responsible way to buy enterprise grade IT.

The world’s first remanufactured laptops: We set out on a mission with a simple thought: How can we remanufacture a laptop to be ‘like new’?

For us, ‘new’ meant not simply a cosmetically improved finish, but an intense focus on the performance and reliability of the laptop too. This was pioneering activity, but one we felt confident we could achieve with real focus.

Plans for the construction of the world’s first remanufacturing facility began from here and Circular Computing initiated several research and development journeys to define the ‘how’ and, as of 2021, we have perfected our unique remanufacturing process which has been certified with a BSI Kitemark.

Our remanufactured premium-brand HP, Dell and Lenovo second-user laptops deliver a product with the performance of new models and an RMA of less than 3%.

If you’re new to the circular economy, you might like the ‘getting started’ playlist. There’s also an interactive podcast index, making it easy to find episodes on each of the key circular economy strategies or for a specific market sector. And to dig deeper, please check out Catherine’s award-winning A Circular Economy Handbook, published by Kogan Page.

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77 Steve Haskew – the world’s first Kitemark for remanufactured laptops

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