Acceptable use policy for the CANZ programme

The purposes to which donated hardware may be put when placed in the hands of the programme and its refurbishers are as follows:

• In the first instance, functioning machines which meet or exceed the industry standard are cleaned and tested, and data and software completely removed from hard drives. Machines are then refurbished to a set of nationally agreed baseline standards, fully licensed operating systems and other software installed and sold through the refurbishers' normal channels
• Schools have first call on all machines.
• Not-for-profit organisations have second call
• Non-standard machines may also be sold to schools to meet clearly defined and understood needs.
• Other machines may be donated to schools for fundraising purposes or to those with special education needs which can be met by specific machines
• Any remaining operational machines may be disposed of through the refurbishers' normal channels.

Any machines which are not functional or below standard follow this process:

• Otherwise usable parts are stripped from the machine and reused in other machines.

• Some parts, such as floppy drives, which are not needed for the refurbishing process are sold through other channels to help defray the refurbishing cost.

• All remaining parts are disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner, to standards mandated by local or national authority, and where feasible, in excess of those standards.

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