Ecodair: refurbishing professional computer equipment for resale

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Type of organisation or company
Country
France
City
Paris
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Scope
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Technopolis Group
Ongoing
No
Description

For the past 16 years, Ecodair has been refurbishing professional computer equipment for resale (with warranty) at low cost.

Ecodair is a company with a team of around 90 people, many of whom have disabilities. It has three main goals:

  • Solidarity: helping people with disabilities to become active members of society through employment, given they face huge difficulties entering the labour market;
  • Ecology: reducing the environmental impact of the computing and electronics industry (electronic waste) by proposing a sustainable and economical solution;
  • Addressing the digital divide by reselling second-hand computer equipment at low prices.

Ecodair thoroughly tests and cleans all products, erases any data on them and installs up-to-date software so that the equipment is ready to use.

Main activity field
Main results

Each year, Ecodair manages more than 130 tonnes of hardware, and refurbishes around 30 000 computers.