Across industries, organizations manage increasingly large and complex technology environments. With typical refresh cycles occurring every three to four years1, it’s not uncommon for a global enterprise to maintain more than 135,000 endpoint devices2. Yet despite the volume of hardware in circulation, only 22% of e-waste is collected and recycled3. This Earth Day, Lenovo is highlighting a critical yet often overlooked opportunity for enterprise sustainability: end-of-life IT asset management.
Lenovo Asset Recovery Services (ARS) is designed to address this challenge, helping enterprises turn IT disposal into a strategic advantage. With 15+ years of experience across more than 43 markets, Lenovo has already enabled the secure recovery, repurposing, or recycling of more than 1 million devices4 for customers around the world. Lenovo ARS combines sustainability with security and cost recovery—delivering measurable impact without adding complexity to IT operations.
Recent enhancements to the service make Lenovo ARS even easier to implement. Organizations can now purchase the service at any stage of the IT lifecycle, including alongside new hardware. Service credits get added at the time of purchase and can be used to decommission any device type from any brand, not just Lenovo. Everything is managed through an automated process with the Lenovo Service Connect portal, which allows teams to schedule pickups, track recovery progress, and download necessary data security and compliance certificates from one easy-to-use portal.
Real impact. Real results.
Since 2020, Lenovo has helped recycle or reuse over 94,000 metric tons of equipment—the equivalent weight of 87 million ThinkPads5. The company’s product take-back programs have grown by nearly 40% since 20176, demonstrating the scalability of circular practices when backed by the right infrastructure and expertise.
In one recent engagement, global IT provider T-Systems partnered with Lenovo to decommission 1,500 devices across 14 countries. The result was a smooth, secure, and efficient process that ensured secure data management while supporting important sustainability goals—an example of how enterprise-scale sustainability can be both practical and impactful.
As environmental, regulatory, and business pressures grow, the question isn’t whether to rethink IT asset end-of-life—it’s how soon. Lenovo ARS offers a practical, proven path to elevate sustainability from policy to practice, without disrupting performance.
This Earth Day, take the opportunity to lead where it matters most. Turn every retired device into a statement of progress. With Lenovo Asset Recovery Services, enterprises don’t just recycle hardware—they reclaim value, reinforce responsibility, and move boldly toward a more circular, resilient future.
1 Intel The Importance of a PC Refresh Cycle – Intel
2 Nearly Half of Enterprise Endpoints Present Significant Security Risks (adaptiva.com)
3 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/electronic-waste-(e-waste)
4 Lenovo Internal Data
5 Based on CY 2022 product recycling data: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/sustainability-product-recycling/ and based on total weight of ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 at 1.09kgs/2.42
6 Consumer and commercial take-back programs.
