Do you need your barcode printer refurbished, or any other hardware that’s essential for the smooth running of your business, for that matter?
Refurbishment is a great way for brands across all verticals that use technology to cut their carbon footprints and relieve pressure on their budgets. So, if your barcode printer malfunctions for example, getting your barcode printer refurbished could make a lot more sense than ordering from new every time there’s a problem.
We’re using barcode printers here as a wider example of how the circular economy works because they’re the perfect piece of tech to illustrate our point and explain the concept of the circular economy and its benefits.
Normal office printers, copiers and similar hardware with a print-style function include pretty complex components at the best of times, so it’s not hard to imagine how small and intricate the parts are in their smaller handheld counterparts.
When a barcode printer’s refurbished, it needs a lot of specialist knowledge and experience to replace those parts and get it back to like-new condition. That’s better than the alternative though; when a barcode printer malfunction or breaks, its destiny is usually the dustbin where it will head to landfill to break down.
Which is why we believe it’s so much better to get a barcode printer refurbished than confine the hardware to that fate. Again, intricate parts include batteries, inks, ribbons, special metals and many other things harmful to the wider environment and animals. Even if the hardware can’t be salvaged, there are better cleaner and greener ways to dispose of it than landfill.
That goes for other handheld units and other electronics, too. Barcode printers marry well with a lot of employee roles and responsibilities in the warehouse and distribution centres, for instance. They’re all great for immediately scanning labels and printing new ones off for product delivery and other labelling tasks, to speed up workflows and increase efficiency.
But the speed and general pace of those optimised workflows means that, if a unit breaks down, the temptation is there to instantly buy a new piece of hardware instead of, say, getting the barcode printer refurbished.
Which is understandable – but not fair on the environment. Going down the refurbishment road, too, can also be cheaper than buying from new, especially if you partner with a knowledgeable and experienced repair service on a bespoke basis, to keep your hardware refurbished and in tip-top condition on a regular basis.
That attention and level of detail from a trusted partner ensures disruption is kept to a minimum should a problem ever occur, with replacement kit readily available while repairs are being carried out.
It’s also a way to reduce your brand’s wider carbon footprint. Buying from new means a new unit has to be manufactured, parts sourced, get shipped and delivered. Refurbishment removes a lot of those steps from the process and keeps you green and clean – something your partners and clients will really appreciate.
