ICL launches PC and notebook recycling scheme

ICL is launching a scheme to recondition notebooks and PCs, regardless of their origin.

Called Star, the initiative will take discarded equipment from large corporates, recycle them and sell them through dealers at prices as low as £200.

Joy Boyce, head of corporate environmental affairs at ICL, explained that central to the programme is the belief that there is a market for these computers. She said: "With the waste electronics directive being prepared by the EC, all forms of re-use are encouraged. Here, we too are avoiding needless waste."

Mike Perry, business manager at ICL, explained that when machines have been revamped, "the original manufacturers name will remain, but the box will have an ICL logo plus a refurbished tag".

He added: "The venture came about because being a services company, corporate customers demand a process where they can 'graveyard' old computers. This is where the revamping idea came from."

The company says reconditioned PCs and notebooks come with a 90 day warranty, pre-installed Microsoft Windows, and will be fully Year 2000 compliant.