Microsoft launches renovation scheme

MICROSOFT Ireland launched a new programme designed to increase the number of low-cost computers available to charities and schools, while also keeping serviceable computers out of landfills.

The Microsoft Authorised Refurbisher programme, which was launched at the Rehab Recycle facility in Tallaght, provides companies with a means of disposing unused or end-of-life computers, which can then be reconditioned and installed with new software.

These computers can then be donated to a charity or school who might not otherwise be able to afford the technology.