Trade-In and Recycle Program for Education
Apple has long been focused on eco-friendly product design and packaging, a concept which extends to the disposal of electronic equipment.
Out with the old
Sometimes, to make room for new equipment, you need to dispose of existing systems and then find the funds to pay for new purchases from an ever-tightening budget.
Trade in used equipment from any manufacturer,
and apply value to your new products.
With Apple’s Trade-In Program for Education,* Apple will not only help you remove old products, but will also help you recover any remaining value to help offset the cost of a new purchase. Apple, in conjunction with its third-party vendor, also removes data and provides a disposition report for each system with residual value to facilitate your asset management.
In with the new
- Mobile labs — Apple Mobile Learning Labs provide a great solution for schools that need an affordable way to increase student access to the latest technology.
- Notebooks — As with all Macs, each compact and durable Intel-based MacBook comes with iLife preinstalled making it a great complement to your instructional setting right out of the box!
- Desktops — Starting at $899, Apple’s Intel Core 2 Duo processor-based iMac is the perfect space saving all-in-one solution for traditional desktops or computer labs.
- Mac mini — Looks can be deceiving. Home to a powerful Intel Core Duo processor, this incredibly small yet affordable Mac mini works with your existing displays, keyboards, and mice to make the most of your budget.
- Explore the numerous other Apple solutions.
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Benefits
Leveraging Apple’s Trade-In and Recycle Program allows you to recover value from your existing equipment. It also ensures that your retired equipment will be disposed of in the most environmentally sound manner.
- All recycled hard drives are ground into confetti-sized pieces.
- Data on all hard drives to be resold is overwritten three times and sanitized.
- Customers receive a certificate of destruction for each lot recycled through the program.
- All asset tags and other identifying information are removed prior to disposition.
- No waste from Apple’s U.S. recycling program is shipped outside North America.
- Equipment in good working order can be traded in for credit toward Apple equipment or for a check.
More information
Apple and the environment. Learn more
Contact your Apple Sales Representative or call 1-800-800-APPL (1-800-800-2775).
* You are responsible for ensuring that the disposition of your equipment through Apple’s Trade-In Program for Education is consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
