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3 years ago, the Yichun Xilin primary school, with the help of Netspring, had a Green IT classroom set up. Over the past 3 years, the students and the computer teacher in the school made full use of this IT classroom by holding computer classes almost every week. Through several semesters of study, the students not only learned the basic operation skills of the computer, but also increased their interest in learning advanced and dynamic scientific knowledge.

At the beginning of this year, the IT classroom is about to expire at the end of its 3-year service term. Knowing that, the teachers and the students were reluctant to part. "Is there any way to keep this computer room, and let us continue to learn?" The school teachers and students asked the Netspring staff.

September 13, 2016, Freudenberg Corporation successfully set up a green IT classroom in Qixin School in Wujiang District, Suzhou. This is also the 64th IT classroom Netspring has established in China.

Bettina Schoen,  Regional Representative Asia for the Freudenberg Group , and CEO of Freudenburg Asia Pacific Region, Retro Bless, led a dozen of volunteers from Freudenberg Shanghai and Suzhou offices to join in the launch ceremony along with 620 students and teachers at the school.

Bettina Schoen who is from Germany, delivered a fluent speech in Chinese during the ceremony. She expressed hope that the classroom, equipped with 25 recycled computers from Freudenberg company, would be put to good use by holding voluntary activities over the next 3 years and that it would help students master computer skills and cultivate an eco-friendly concept.

In the first 6 months of this year, Netspring received 840 unused desktops and laptops and refurbished 25% among them. Most of the refurbished computers have already been sent to IT classrooms in schools for use, and the rest are waiting for delivery to schools in the new fall semester. Besides, there are another 443 computers waiting for test and refurbish, and the successfully refurbished computers will be sent to Green IT Classroom as well. 

The electronic goods that cannot be refurbished were and will be all dismantled in an eco-friendly way by qualified professionals.

To make it convenient, Netspring started in the second quarter to open our office on the last Saturday of every month to receive unused electronic goods from individuals and enterprises.

Netspring went to Yioulai Shopping Street in Suzhou for a 2-day donation drive activity open to Amcham members in Suzhou area. This joint activity has been held for several years between Netspring and Amcham. The used or spare electronic goods donated by Amcham members such as computers, projectors, and screens have been put into use in dozens of green IT classrooms across China. Following the success of 2015 drive, AmCham and Netspring decided to open more dropping points and to run the drive on 2 days instead of one.

In the previous three years collaborating with AmCham, Netspring has received over 1235 used computers, refurbished 827 sets of computers, and supported 30 schools and community centers by setting up Green IT Classrooms for about 13694 underprivileged students. In addition, the e-waste has been properly handled and recycled in an eco-friendly manner to prevent any harm to the environment.