Recycling Options

Because of the increasing use of these products, waste electronics is one of the fastest growing waste streams in the industrialized world. An efficient recovery, reuse and recycling system ensures that these abandoned equipment will not overwhelm our landfill or other waste management systems. Once your electronic equipment has reached its end of life, you can reduce the amount of electronic waste and protect the environment by making responsible decisions. To that end, APC by Schneider Electric offers environmentally-friendly product recycling and recycling programs to consumers and business customers in many countries around the world.

The battery is dead or the UPS is outdated. You can select it now. Charge or recycle old UPS without discarding it

As a manufacturer of APC and MGE branded UPSs, Schneider Electric's primary power and cooling services have long been committed to minimizing the global impact of our products. From environmentally friendly design to ultimate lifestyle choice, we are constantly striving to find new ways to reduce the environmental impact of our products.

Below you have the option to upgrade to a new UPS, charge an existing UPS, or recycle old UPS with a "green" choice. You can also see the details of the sustainability program.

Click here to learn how to prepare prepaid return labels of used UPS batteries. (US and Canada only)

Regardless of brand or whether it is suitable for new UPS, customers can use old UPS for deal with 2 years warranty and up to 25% discount on new purchase of APC UPS. After purchasing UPS, APC accessories save more cost (up to 40%)

Note: Commercial UPS is only available for Single Phase UPS. Three levels of users contact the nearest APC representative or call.

Do you want to purchase UPS at a discount price? Access to the APC Factory Outlet saves a lot of APC Factory direct access customs items and new equipment returned from customers

Alternatively, you can also access APC certified second-party partners to purchase reclaimed APC products.

If you are 3 years old, you will need to charge your old UPS. If you replace the old UPS battery with a genuine APC replacement battery pack (RBC) and exchange it, it goes without saying that it is environmentally friendly

Another way to dispose of used batteries is to drop the battery in the Call2Recycle drop position.

Check the website of the manufacturer of the product or the dealer who purchased the product for recycling options or online searching for computer recycling, electronic equipment recycling, battery recycling in your area. Sites such as Earth 911, myGreenElectronics, Call 2 Recycling (Rechargeable Battery Recycling) etc. provide information on regional delivery locations and zip code search.

Unnecessary batteries and light bulbs should not be mixed with other recyclable ones, but many batteries and light bulbs can be easily recycled in other ways. Please check the following information on disposal of car battery, household and button type battery, incandescent light bulb, and new CFL (compact fluorescent light). In the United States, CFL saves electricity bills of more than $ 30 more than incandescent bulbs. However, since CFL contains mercury, there is a possibility that human body and environment may be adversely affected unless proper handling is done.

Unnecessary electronic devices can not be mixed with other recyclable products, but they can be easily recycled in other ways. Click here to search for waste management electronics distribution center or see Earth 911.com for other options. Obsolete broken electronics used for recycling or disposal are sometimes called "electronic waste". Electronic waste has many chemical elements and mineral elements. This board contains copper, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and lead. If properly recycled, this waste becomes a valuable source of secondary ingredients.