Lenovo's Takeback Program

Lenovo now offers free recycling of old Lenovo and some IBM products for consumers and small businesses in the US, through their Eco-Takeback program. This program uses a company that will refurbish and reuse products whenever possible, and may offer you money back, depending on the value of your old product.

Lenovo will take back Lenovo and some IBM products for free regardless of their value. They also accept some other brands of some products (except CRT monitors) through this program.  The cost (or reward) depends on the product, and is determined with their online calculator

Lenovo’s program is a mail-back program, where you ship your products back to them (they pay for shipping for Lenovo and IBM products). Their takeback program evaluates whether your old products have any value – and if they do, you may get money back (in the form of a prepaid Visa card). Use their website to “register” your product, find out its value, and download the shipping label.

You will need to provide your own box and packing materials. Weight limit per package is 69 lbs. Maximum box size limit is 26x26x26 inches.  Once you “register” your product on the Lenovo website, you will download a prepaid mailing label, that is either for the US Post office or UPS (depending on what you are sending). 

Laptops, desktops, CRT monitors, flat panel monitors, cell phones, plus accessories: keyboards, mice, power cords, phone charger, battery.

Lenovo is the former PC division of IBM.

IBM offers a buyback program for computers which still have value. You can get an online quote for 1-250 items at: http://www-03.ibm.com/financing/us/recovery/small/

For larger quantities, IBM has several asset recovery options:

http://lenovo.ecotakeback.com/