Episode 24 – Steve Haskew of Circular Computing

In today’s episode, I’m talking to Steve Haskew of Circular Computing, which remanufactures high-quality top-brand laptops, including Dell, HP and Lenovo. They are certified carbon-neutral, with performance tested as providing 97 per cent compared to a new model. Remanufacturing is one of the circular economy strategies that helps us keep products, components and materials ‘in the system. It means we can have high-quality, reliable products and equipment with pretty much the same performance as a new version – and costing significantly less – for the customer, society and our environment. Circular Computing has been remanufacturing since the 1990s, and provides laptops to education, public sector and even direct to consumers.  Every machine goes through a 100+ point-check, any worn components are replaced and selected components are upgraded to give them a performance boost. The company now has over 250 staff and remanufacturing capacity of up to 10,000 units each month. Circular Computing calculates that each remanufactured laptop saves 380 kg of CO2, 190k litres of water, and 1200kg of mining materials. We talk about the customer value proposition, and how remanufacturing is different from second-use products. Podcast host Catherine Weetman is a circular economy business advisor, workshop facilitator, speaker and writer.  Her award-winning book, includes lots of practical examples and tips on getting started.  Catherine founded Rethink Global in 2013, to help businesses use circular, sustainable approaches to build a better business (and a better world). Stay in touch for free insights and updates... Read on for a summary of the podcast and links to the people, organisations and other resources we mention. You can subscribe to the podcast series on iTunes, Google Podcasts, PlayerFM, Spotify, TuneIn, or search for "circular economy" in your favourite podcast app.  Stay in touch to get free insights and updates, direct to your inbox... Links we mention in the episode: * Blog: Worried about supply-chain disruption? Why circular economy approaches are more resilient * Blog: The best circular strategy is NOT recycling * Circular Computing https://circularcomputing.com * Circular Computing on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/circular-computing/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CircularIT/ Twitter https://twitter.com/CircularIT YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTMeej5BHhcgxeyPXar_Vww * Steve Haskew on LinkedIn