Developed in 2016 in Belgium, Back2Buzz provides a solution to Green industry & infrastructure, Responsible consumption & production – in line with sustainable development goals of the UN.
Indeed, Back2Buzz sells refurbished smartphones combined with eco-friendly & biodegradable accessories in order to reduce the electronic waste. And it can also makes you save money.
If only today 12% of the total smartphones were recovered, the value of recovered gold, silver, copper, palladium, cobalt & lithium would be almost 36M$.
Positive Facts on Back2Buzz
- Giving a second life to a smartphone by extending its lifespan from 21.6 to 33.6 months, reduces the emission of CO2 by 20.3 million tonnes over a 10 year period.
- 700 million phones are hibernating : 84 million would be recycled with a 12% recycling rate.
- For a 250g smartphone, almost 40 kg of raw material is needed.
- Buying a refurbished device makes a saving from 30 to 40%.
- Material recovery: if only today 12% of the total smartphones are recovered, the value of recovered gold, silver, copper, palladium, cobalt & lithium would be almost 36M$.
- To refurbish 10000 smartphones, 8 jobs are created.
By refurbishing smartphones, Back2Buzz easily extends the life cycle of these devices by another 2 to 3 years before getting recycled. Next to that, Back2Buzz launched an entire range of eco-friendly accessories some of them even entirely bio-degradable.
Back2Buzz is currently active in Benelux, Morocco, Tunisia, Switzerland, Poland, Greece & Italy and France & is expanding its scope with business development in the DACH & EMA markets.
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