{"id":2464,"date":"2020-03-24T07:45:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T06:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it-recycling.nl\/blog\/research-it-recycling-in-the-netherlands\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:30:15","slug":"research-it-recycling-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/it-recycling.nl\/en\/blog\/research-it-recycling-in-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Research: IT Recycling in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most companies choose IT Recycling 1-2 times a year<\/h2>\n

By far the largest group (61.2%) goes about recycling discarded hardware and electronics 1 to 2 times a year. Only a small group (6.1%) chooses to dispose of it 5 to 7 times a year. <\/p>\n

“77.5% of companies currently have depreciated hardware or electronics lying around”<\/em><\/h2>\n

Recycling computers and laptops ranks No. 1<\/h2>\n

When asked “What products do you currently have recycled?” respondents answered:<\/p>\n

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  • Computers & Laptops (83.7%)<\/li>\n
  • Hard drives (71.4%)<\/li>\n
  • Network equipment (67.4%)<\/li>\n
  • Phones (55.1%)<\/li>\n
  • Other (32.6%) such as printers, monitors, servers, bar code scanners and cables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    So recycling computers and laptops is clearly number one in the Netherlands, followed closely by hard drives.<\/p>\n

    “Over 73.5% of companies use data destruction”.<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

    More use of IT Recycling & data destruction in the future<\/h2>\n

    A glimpse into the future! When asked “Will you be using IT Recycling and data destruction more in the coming years?” 42.8% of respondents gave a resounding “Yes” as their answer. 44.9% indicated that they might do so. The remaining 12.3% are not going to use this more in the coming years. So, good news for the future of recycling! <\/p>\n

    Responsible for IT Recycling<\/h2>\n

    Finally, the departments responsible at companies for recycling and data destruction. Here we are big differences: from facility management to IT and from reception to buyers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1832,"template":"","subject":[],"label":[18],"class_list":["post-2464","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","label-blog-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/it-recycling.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/2464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/it-recycling.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/it-recycling.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it-recycling.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it-recycling.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/it-recycling.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it-recycling.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2464"},{"taxonomy":"label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it-recycling.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/label?post=2464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}