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WP#53 - Electronics Disposal Efficiency (EDE): An IT Recycling Metric for Enterprises and Data Centers

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05 March, 2013 | White Paper

Editor:
Eric Brown, Individual Member

Contributors:
Marc Banks, Deutsche Bank
Gideon Schroeder, Cisco
Ezra Benjamin, EMC
Harkeeret Singh, Thomson Reuters
Thomas Calderwood, Oracle
Steven Stawarz, Oracle
Ricardo Gonzalez Llera, IBM
Mike Watson, Dell
John Pflueger, Dell


This white paper outlines the Electronics Disposal Efficiency (EDE) metric. EDE is the first universal metric launched by The Green Grid to help end-users of information and communications technology measure their success in the responsible management of outdated equipment. EDE is a simple metric that helps organizations calculate and measure their progress in improving equipment disposal processes over time.