A classroom of students working on refurbished ERA laptops

Our impact

Real devices. Real people. Real difference.

Every certified destruction, every refurbished laptop, every classroom, charity and recipient we reach — measurable outcomes for businesses, communities and the environment.

The network in numbers

Measured across the ERA network.

11,400+ devices donated across the ERA network since 2018

~900 more devices placed network-wide in the first five months of 2026

1,000+ organisations on the network’s donation waitlist

500+ charities, schools and not-for-profits supported

Device breakdown

What 11,400+ donated devices look like.

Across the ERA network since 2018.

~7,700 laptops

~1,900 desktops

~700 monitors

~420 projectors

~310 phones

~230 tablets

~200 printers

Volunteers preparing donated refurbished laptops for delivery

One day, 550 devices

A Giving Tuesday like no other.

On Giving Tuesday 2018, the ERA network delivered more than 550 devices to 28 organisations in a single day — donations landing across four time zones.

✓ Laptops for First Nations schools in northern British Columbia
✓ 107 smartphones for CNIB Calgary
✓ 80 computers for the Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth

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How we measure

Every kilogram diverted. Every device placed. Every story tracked.

When you partner with ERA, you don’t just get a recycling receipt — you get a tangible impact report. Material weights, asset counts, and where refurbished devices ended up are all captured and shared back. That tracking is how the ERA network can report nearly 900 devices placed in the first five months of 2026.

✓ Diversion totals by weight and material type
✓ Asset-level reuse vs. recycle ratios
✓ Donation recipient summaries (with photos when available)
✓ ESG-ready impact statement for your sustainability reporting

See how we work

ERA technician inventorying palleted equipment in the secure intake area

Impact stories

Where your donations end up.

Featured stories from the schools, not-for-profits, charities and individuals reached through the network’s charitable partners — across Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world.

Charity-partner staff using a donated ERA laptop together

Aotearoa · Schools & charities

New Zealand classrooms and charities: applications are open

Refurbished devices from the Auckland facility will go to the schools, not-for-profits and charities that hand technology directly to the people they serve — and applications are open now to organisations in the Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury regions.

Students and teachers at a Futed-partner school celebration in Chile

Futed · Chile

Schools and community programmes in Chile

Through the network’s long-running Futed partnership, five refurbished laptops built a student computer room at Escuela Básica G-N 348 Huechún in April 2026 — the international leg of the same charitable pipeline now open to New Zealand organisations.

Class group photo at the Soeurs Disciples du Sacré-Cœur school in Madagascar, an MFT-partner site

MFT · Madagascar

Schools and communities in Madagascar

Through the network’s MFT partnership, 10 laptops and a projector reached the Regional Directorate of Youth and Sports of Bongolava in April 2026 — the same charitable pipeline, reaching around the world.

Recipient wall

A selection of the 500+ organisations the ERA network has supported since 2004.

For businesses & IT leaders

Put your retired technology to work.

Secure and compliant IT asset disposition with certificates and reporting on every job — ESG focused, with measurable community impact your organisation can report on.