The small business turning old computers, printers and phones into food
By administrator | 18 February 2019
Working for large corporates, Cat Harding and Mardi Brown, saw first hand the amount of electronic waste generated and came up with the unlikely solution of turning the e-waste into food.
The two friends both quit their jobs and started social enterprise PonyUp for Good just over two years ago.
"What we are aiming to do is keep technology out of landfill so we collect decommissioned technology and provide data cleansing and a debadging service when required," Harding says. "Often this technology is turned around long before its life is up."
Melbourne based PonyUp for Good works with businesses nationally including Australia Post, Telstra and Nando's to collect their old technology.
Once it has been cleaned up, PonyUp for Good resells the technology with 50 per cent of profits going to Second Bite, Australia's largest food rescue charity.
So far the social enterprise has collected 108,783 kilograms of e-waste with 42 per cent of the technology reused, resulting in 250,000 meals for Second Bite.
The inspiration for PonyUp for Good came after Harding, 43, and Brown, 45, became disillusioned with their high flying corporate careers. Read more
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