We are happy to have implemented a new sustainability initiative, as we are expanding our collaboration with IT partner, Atea, to handle the disposal of our IT equipment – items we no longer use – in a data-safe and environmentally friendly way.
To support the initiative and create internal awareness about e-waste, we offer all our colleagues at BNP Paribas Personal Finance Nordics the opportunity to hand in their own e-waste.
Electronics have a negative impact in terms of production, transport, frequent replacement by users ( that’s us!) and a low rate of recycling. This is a big burden on our climate.
The lifecycle of a mobile device begins with its manufacture. Each smartphone contains more than 62 different metals, 17 critical raw materials and up to 5 different conflict minerals – and consider that we are facing a global depletion of raw materials!
In order to obtain these precious metals and produce a single smartphone, 34kg of ore needs to be mined, using 100 liters of water and 20.5g of cyanide.
We must all ask ourselves: “What can we do?”
One of the answers is to recycle our e-waste to the extent the possible and to ensure that devices that are not suitable for refurbishment are disposed in an environmentally friendly manner. We are taking our firsts steps now together with Atea, and we look forward to this collaboration.