IBM Global Financing has over 25 years of experience reselling used IT and is committed to asset disposal processes that minimize environmental impact and maximize asset value.
Whether you sell IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment or buy back a client’s old assets, you and your customers can rest assured that every piece of technology we handle is processed in a way that complies with applicable federal and state environmental laws and regulations.
We are committed to reuse, resell or recycle retired technology and send a minimum to landfill. Used assets with market value are resold after they have been refurbished and tested to IBM standards qualifying for the "IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment" specification.
Asset disposal by the numbers
Industry and environmental leadership
The IBM Global Asset Recovery Services (GARS) organization within IBM Global Financing handles end of lease returns and asset buyback and is one of the world’s largest, most efficient reverse logistics organizations. When you’re helping a client part with old IT or buy refurbished equipment, it’s crucial that you work with a partner you can trust.
- Worldwide, IBM Global Asset Recovery Services processes over 35,000 machines (1.35 million pounds) per week.
- In 2010, 88.5 percent of the total units processed through GARS remanufacturing and refurbishment operations were readied for resale and reuse and 11.5 percent were scrapped.
- GARS scrap operations are so efficient that almost 99 percent of the material is recycled and / or recovered and a mere 1.06 percent is disposed of by incineration and landfill.
GARS operations in the Americas and Europe are certified to the ISO 14001 standard.- The IT analyst firm IDC has recognized GARS with its Green Recycling and Asset Disposal for the Enterprise (G.R.A.D.E.) (link resides outside of ibm.com) certification.
GARS operations in the Americas and Europe are certified to the ISO 14001 standard.To learn more about IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment and asset buyback, contact your IBM Global Financing representative.
