F&W Networks and retail partner Hey!Broadband have begun a programme reusing of customer premises equipment (CPE), specifically routers and Optical Network Terminals (ONTs), to reduce electronic waste and lessen environmental impact.

Most UK broadband operators are more likely to work with vendors that use energy-efficiency labels (84%).
Respondents to an S&T Iskratel-funded CensusWide also favour publishing data about the energy efficiency of products and solutions (97%).
Whilst the survey shows that energy efficiency and transparency are becoming priorities across Scopes one, two and three, some are still uninterested.
A third (29%) of UK broadband leaders are not prepared to adopt labelling now or in the future.
Simon Čimžar, CTO of Business unit Broadband at S&T Iskratel: “According to the survey findings, younger decision makers (aged up to 34) are more likely to take environmental sustainability into account when selecting a vendor to work with.
“Their answers were 7-8% above the averages compared to respondents aged 35-44 and 45 and older, signalling a positive outlook for the future of broadband networks.”