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Liverpool John Moores University has partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Financial Services and DTP Group to reduce electronic waste, while directing financial returns from retired IT equipment into technology upgrades and student welfare.
The university adopted HPE’s IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) services to securely refurbish, remarket and recycle legacy IT equipment as part of a circular economy strategy. HPE Financial Services and DTP Group provided the university with collection of the retired equipment, certified data sanitisation, refurbishment and resale of reusable assets.
HPE explained how this approach helped the university achieve “substantial savings” in its IT budget. At the same time, funds were also generated through the resale and buyback of retired equipment and were redirected into the university’s Student Hardship Fund, which supports students experiencing unexpected financial difficulties that may affect their studies.
“At Liverpool John Moores University, sustainability is embedded across everything we do, including how we manage and retire our technology,” said Liverpool John Moores University CIO Peter Ashton.
“Working with HPE Financial Services and DTP Group enables us to securely and responsibly manage end-of-life IT equipment while reinvesting the value generated into initiatives like our Student Hardship Fund, delivering both environmental and social impact.”
As part of the program, the university retired and refurbished its HPE ProLiant Gen8 and Gen9 servers, which allowed it to deploy newer HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers.
In the end, according to HPE, more than 1,000 assets were sent for refurbishment or responsibly recycled, resulting in nearly 255,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent saved, equivalent to around 630 flights from London to New York. This helped free up campus space and helped the university earn a top ranking in the 2025/2026 People and Planet University League.
HPE Financial Services president and chief executive officer Maeve Culloty said organisations are increasingly looking to maximise value from existing technology investments.
“Customers are under pressure to do more with existing IT budgets,” she said.
“Our IT Asset Disposition services help organisations recover value from their end-of-use technology and reinvest it where it matters most. Our work with Liverpool John Moores University shows how a circular approach to IT can unlock financial value, along with sustainability and, here, social benefits too.”
Related reading: The dangerous reality of England’s stalled Circular Economy Growth Plan
