Why Buy Refurbished?At ServerMonkey, we save natural resources from being

consumed in new products by refurbishing used servers to give them new life, keeping them out of land�lls and toxic

chemicals out of our water, food, and bodies.

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Fridge

Computer1,470 kg

1,330 kg

Kilograms (kg) of fossil fuel consumed during production

Kilograms (kg) of fossil fuel consumed during usage

x 1,000,000

Up to 20 million computers end up in U.S. landfills every year.

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We buy computers 5 times more often than refrigerators.

It takes almost 5 times more fossil fuel to produce a computer (240 KG) than a refrigerator (50 KG).

The amount of water it takes to produce a computer could wash 70 loads oflaundry.

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Over the entire life cycle of a computer and refrigerator, they use almost the same amount of energy.

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However, 75% of a computer’s energy is consumed during the production phase. For a refrigerator, that number is only 4%.