Technological innovation can be a force for both lowering and increasing the damage to nature. We need to make sure that we use it as a sustainable driver of economic growth, pushing ahead with new technologies which create the prosperity and know-how to keep the earth healthy. But, doing so in a sustainable way, extending the lifecycle of redundant tech, while reducing carbon emissions and the use of raw materials.

Redundant tech can no longer be discarded, but must be repaired and reused in a new life elsewhere. What is old in one application is an upgrade to someone else.

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If we are to make a real change in reducing carbon emissions and the need for extraction of more scarce raw materials, we must all adopt circular economy business models, refurbishing and reusing tech – our planet’s future depends on such action.