Virgin Media O2 claims equipment reuse and recycling drive has saved over 5,200 tonnes of CO2

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Data collected over 10 years shows telecoms and mobile phone giant saved thousands of tonnes of emissions from network equipment being returned and reused

Virgin Media O2 claims its efforts to recover, refurbish, resell and recycle its mobile network equipment has helped avoid nearly 5,300 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the past decade, by preventing...

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