Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, has announced it plans to achieve zero waste in its direct operations, products and packaging by 2030. To address its waste creation, Microsoft says it plans to reduce nearly as much waste as it generates while reusing, repurposing or recycling its solids, compost, electronics, construction and demolition and hazardous wastes.
According to a news release from Microsoft, the company aims to divert “at least 90 percent of the solid waste headed to landfills and incineration from [its] campuses and data centers” as well as “manufacture 100 percent recyclable Surface devices, use 100-percent-recyclable packaging (in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, countries) and achieve at a minimum 75 percent diversion of construction and demolition waste for all projects.”
To meet the growing demand for Microsoft’s cloud services, the company says its data center footprint—and the 3 million servers and related hardware that power it—must expand. Servers have an average life span of five years and contribute to the world’s growing e-waste problem, Microsoft says. To address that challenge, Microsoft reports that it is building “first-of-their-kind Microsoft Circular Centers” to reuse and recycle servers and hardware. The company says the centers will be located on its new major data center campuses and regions.
Source: Recycling Today
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