Barcode buy back is a great way to lower your brand’s carbon footprint and show your business takes its environmental responsibilities seriously.
But how can something as simple as a mobile barcode buy back service for your terminals and printers help to lower your carbon footprint?
To answer that, first, we have to outline the importance of barcodes in business and how that contributes to the benefits of working with a bespoke mobile barcode buy back partner – especially if your business is or has access to a warehouse or distribution centre.
Thanks to the rapid growth of the internet over the last decade and a half and the creation of business-centric hardware and software designed to streamline operations and improve efficiency, the humble barcode’s role has become essential to brands across most verticals.
In such a short space of time the barcode has evolved to become a key internal communication tool between departments, helping to collect and organise data in real time and giving business more opportunity to pivot their services and react to customer trends with that information.
But where does a mobile barcode buy back service come into the equation? Simple – brands can’t capitalise on all the opportunities provided by raw data without the technology that mobile barcode hardware can provide.
That includes mobile barcode scanners, printers and other handheld solutions that your workforce will be equipped with in the warehouse or distribution centre. That barcode technology can also be used out on the field when delivering stock to customers.
The problem can be, though, that – while robust – the pace and general environment of warehouses, distribution centres and other scenarios means that handheld barcode technology and other units will inevitably be dropped, become broken or fall victim to some other form of malfunction.
Churn can be high depending on the brand and setting, but the solution whenever a fault occurs is typically to buy new units.
This is where a bespoke mobile barcode buy back service comes in to not only help keep costs low but improve your brand’s green credentials.
Ordering from new can not only be expensive, but mobile units use a lot of small batteries and other miniscule parts that can be harmful to mine the parts for.
International delivery and packaging can also add to the carbon footprint, and if you’re just throwing old units in the trash for landfill, that’s also bad for the environment in the long-term.
A bespoke buy-back service can negate all that and is much friendlier on the environment and the budget. You can unlock the value of your old mobile terminals and electronic equipment by selling it to an experienced specialist for a fair price, who will bring them back to life and redistribute them to the circular economy.
A specialist can also work with you on a bespoke basis to consistently maintain your mobile terminals and units to keep them in good condition and extend their lifespan – again, much better for the environment than buying from new.
