Mitel Takes Big Step In Green Direction
Environmentally-conscious IP provider teams with recycling company to process e-scrap
TAMPA, Florida and OTTAWA, Ont. – October 30, 2007 - In its continuing efforts to be the communications industry’s environmental leader, Mitel®, the trusted provider of IP communications, applications and solutions, has reached agreement with Global Investment Recovery (Global), a full-service recycler and processor of electronic equipment, to fully recycle phones and hardware in selected areas where new Mitel equipment is installed.
“Global applauds Mitel for creating an innovative program that ensures electronic material is properly recycled, recovering reusable commodities, not dumped into landfill sites,” said Lisa Collins, Global sales and marketing manager. “We are pleased to have been selected to manage the Mitel program and we know this program will inspire other businesses to emulate Mitel’s environmentally friendly total product lifecycle management.”
Mitel PARTNERprogram channel partner members will be on the front lines of this important assault on electronic equipment pollution, which will be supported and endorsed by Mitel in various commercial programs. Using a login page on the Global Web site, Mitel channel partners can notify Global about equipment ready for pickup after a new Mitel deployment. Global’s logistics team will provide packing and shipping instructions to safely transport it to one of processing facilities, where the equipment will be shredded, sorted and reused, thus eliminating up to 100 percent of the e-scrap. The resulting shredded commodities will be sold in the commodities markets, and ultimately used again in another manufacturing process, effectively closing the entire loop for the recycling process.
“Mitel unified communications products enable our customers to improve business processes while reducing their carbon footprint,” said Paul Butcher, Mitel president and chief operating officer. “As a demonstration of our own commitment to environmental responsibility, in addition to our ISO 14001 certification, we are pleased to launch this relationship with Global to strengthen our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint with the support of our authorizedPARTNERS.”
An ISO 14001-certified company since 1999, the Mitel end-of-life equipment-recycling program ensures that all e-waste designated telephony equipment is decommissioned at local area facilities; that equipment decommissioning and destruction is carried out in such a manner as to not be harmful to the environment; and that scrap metal and precious metal components are recovered and recycled for re-use.
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About Global Investment Recovery
Global Investment Recovery, Inc. provides environmentally sound electronics recycling and destruction services to a wide variety of government authorities and Fortune 500 companies. Services include recycling end-of-life electronics, proper disposition of hazardous and universal waste arising from electronics, asset management, recovery of electronic components for reuse, and certified destruction of proprietary materials and electronically stored data. Global owns and operates process facilities in Tucson, AZ; Tampa, FL; Reno, NV; Aiken County, SC and Shreveport, LA. Their operations are supported by four shredding systems for the destruction of proprietary technology, hard drives, and brand protection services. For more information, visit www.girpm.com.
About Mitel
Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices, partners and resellers worldwide, Mitel is a leading provider of integrated communications solutions and services for business customers. Following its merger with Inter-Tel, Inc. Mitel offers customers greater flexibility and choice of solutions, from basic business communications to sophisticated unified communications, from pre-packaged to tailored applications, and from an outright capital purchase to a managed service. For more information, please visit www.mitel.com.
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