Net Zero
OCM is committed to understanding and measuring our carbon emissions as part of our broader sustainability efforts. We are actively assessing our environmental impact with a long-term view toward setting a net zero goal. While we have not yet established a formal net zero target, this ongoing work will provide the necessary insights to develop a credible and achievable pathway toward reducing our emissions in the future. Find out more about how OCM can support your business in becoming net zero.
0% to landfill
We’ve set a business goal of sending zero waste to landfill and we’re fully committed to doing anything we can to achieve that goal as soon as we can. That’s why we’re continually investing in streamlining our processes and technology so we can reuse and recycle as much waste as we possibly can.
We’re using solar power
Another business goal we have set ourselves is to become wholly reliant on solar power energy. To help us achieve that goal, we’ve installed over 380 sq metres of solar panels on the roof of our processing facility based in Pershore.
We support wildlife initiatives
We’re proud to be a Corporate Partner with the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. In 2021, we provided funding for the Trust to plant heritage trees in a semi-natural ancient woodland. Most recently we helped to plant over 800 trees with the Trust. Read more about this story on our blog.
Additionally, we’ve supplied tools and equipment to support the ongoing work of the Trust in maintaining their 80 sites and over 3,000 acres of protected natural landscape throughout Worcestershire.
We’re a WEEE compliant recycler
We’re a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliant recycler and to ensure we’re fully compliant, we’re regularly reviewed and inspected by the Environment Agency. The WEEE Directive aims to reduce the amount of electronic waste being disposed of via landfill or incineration to help limit pollution.
We’re environmentally compliant
We’re always continually aiming to improve our sustainable IT solutions and environmental performance, so much so we’re compliant with numerous environmental policies, including the ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System. Visit our certifications page to view and download all of our policies.
We’ll reuse and recycle wherever possible
We’ll do whatever we can to ensure we reuse and recycle IT assets wherever we can, because this means less waste sent to landfill. Any assets that we can’t reuse, recycle, repair, or have a limited life expectancy are normally:
- Stripped of their parts and we’ll remove any processors, motherboards, memory cards and any other housed cards
- Any hard disk drives are scanned, removed and shredded in-house at our facility to 25mm
We send shredded stock to an ATF
Our shredded stock is bagged, labelled and weighed before it’s sent to an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF).
Here, the stock is further processed at a recycling plant and shredded to an even finer level before being sorted into various components including aluminium, steel and copper. The recycling plant will recover any precious metals such as silver, gold, titanium and palladium.
We created a Green Agenda to help guide our IT solutions for sustainability for the future of our organisation. The aim is to minimise our impact on the environment and ensure we run our operations as close to carbon neutral as possible. You can read our full Green Agenda below - this is currently being reviewed, please bear with us.
Other Certifications
See What Our Customers Say
We’ve worked with countless businesses in a wide range of industries to dispose of their unwanted IT assets responsibly and securely. Here’s what they had to say about us: