The company aims to achieve zero waste operations and products by 2025 and recycle 95% of operational waste while making sure less than 5% goes to incineration. 

Its 2024 Sustainability Performance Update shows that since 2022, Virgin Media O2’s total operational waste increased by 2,911 tonnes, but its total operational waste sent to landfill decreased by 29.2 tonnes.  

Business sustainability with Virgin Media O2

Alongside its business recycling programme, Virgin Media O2 aims to help companies become more sustainable with its tools. 

These include a carbon calculator and a technology donation programme that provides people in need with unwanted devices. 

When businesses use O2 Recycle for Business, credit from recycling can be used to buy new devices via O2 or donated to Virgin Media O2’s charity partner Good Things Foundation. 

Donations to this charity help to support digital inclusion projects across the UK. 

Jo Bertram, Managing Director at Virgin Media O2 for Business and Wholesale, said: “O2 Recycle for Business provides companies with a simple way to remove unused devices cluttering their offices – and be rewarded for it.

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