Legislative and environmental factors combined with the competitive drive
to implement the latest technology present many companies with the challenge
of managing technology surpluses. Cisco offers customers the 'Takeback and Recycle' program to properly dispose of
surplus products that have reached their end of useful life. This service is open to all business users of Cisco & Scientific Atlanta equipment as well as its associated brands and subsidiaries.
Equipment that is returned to Cisco through this program is disposed of in
an environmentally safe manner using processes that comply with the WEEE (EU
Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) regulations, all EPA
guidelines, and U.S. environmental laws at all levels of government. All Cisco
branded products are accepted under the program, and on an "as requested"
basis, Cisco works with customers to dispose of competitor or other IT products.
Cisco provides documentation about product disposition when the recycling
process is complete. Upon request, Cisco also provides a Certificate of Destruction,
which releases the customer from further liability for the equipment returned
through the Takeback and Recycle program.
Cisco's Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (WEEE) Position Statement