Reports on reuse and recycling of equipment
The purpose of this contract term is to secure that the collected equipment is reused or recycled in the intended manner.
Criterion ID
11180
Criterion level
Core
Criterion type
Special contract terms
Criterion text
The supplier shall, at the time decided by the contracting authority, report the following:
- Manufacturer, model, serial number, and date of disposal for the sent units.
- Test results in preparation for reuse.
- The amount of reused, recycled, and disposed equipment.
- Carbon dioxide savings for the reused units.
- Financial compensation to the contracting authority.
Required reports on the above
If no data is available for the models’ carbon dioxide use, the savings should be set as zero kilogram carbon dioxide. Test results from function tests are used to demonstrate that functional equipment is not disposed.
Life cycle analyses show that the most significant environmental impact from computers and monitors occurs in the production phase. The most important measure for reducing environmental impact from use of computers and monitors is to use the products for long periods of time. To reduce the environmental impact, in particular during the usage phase, you can set high requirements on the energy performance of the product.
A service for taking care of and recondition disposed IT equipment can be procured in parallel or in combination with procurement of new IT equipment. There are several suppliers on the market, collecting and reconditioning products of different manufacturing, which in addition provide data erasure and suitable processing of collected equipment. Most computers can be resold and reused, in Sweden or in other countries.
- Criterion Id
- 11180
- Criterion level
- Core
- Criterion type
- Special contract terms
- Miljömål
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Current KravID: 11180
Version date: 4/20/2018 12:00:00 AM