IBM has had a large ARS operation in Endicott, New York, and in Raleigh, North Carolina, that reconditions or disassembles old electronics equipment for its customers in the Americas. However, this phenomenon is global now. In 2008, IBM Global Asset Recovery Services was recognized by the IT analyst firm IDC as one of the first recipients of its Green Recycling and Asset Disposal for the Enterprise (G.R.A.D.E.) certification. IBM's Global Asset Recovery Services (GARS), with many years of experience of managing the IT assets of IBM on a colossal scale, fully understands these needs and helps in dealing with its disposal in a much more affordable, more manageable and more flexible manner. Running under the tutelage of IBM Global Financing (which delivers financial services to 125,000 customers in more than 50 countries) GARS offers customers several attractive disposal and data protection options, such as full remanufacturing capabilities, a broad network of distribution channels and web-based services. In many cases, GARS can offer clients credit for select used equipment that still has market value.
John Richards, Director Global Asset Recovery Services, IBM, says, "GARS is good news for those concerned with the environment and at the same time for those who believe in obtaining optimum value from selling used IT equipment. We also are able to offer reliable, certified used equipment to those clients who can't afford new. Many governments have prohibited the disposal of electronics in landfills. So if you have been holding back old equipment, it is time to take notice of IBM's IT recycling capabilities. We also are exploring adding IT asset recovery capacity beyond our Bangalore operation."
GARS reuses or resells approximately 90% of the assets returned to its Remanufacturing Centers around the world. From the beginning of 2002 through year end 2010, GARS has processed over 841 million pounds of machines, parts and material.
