Bouygues Telecom announced on Tuesday that it plans to use old WiFi boxes returned by its customers to transform them into new equipment, a process that should enable it to reduce its carbon footprint by 58% compared with full manufacturing.

The telecom operator explains that, when it launched its WiFi 6E fiber modem, it retained the design of the old WiFi 6 box, while integrating almost 75% recycled plastic.

As a result, the new Bbox WiFi 6E modems can now be assembled from old WiFi 6 modems, thanks to a partnership with Sagemcom, the manufacturer of the modems, and Cordon Group, a reconditioning specialist.

With the Paris Climate Agreement, Bouygues Telecom has set itself the target of reducing its carbon emissions by 29.4% on scopes 1 and 2 between 2021 and 2027, and by 17.5% on scope 3.

To achieve this, the operator is focusing in particular on optimizing the life cycle of its products and developing eco-design, which has already enabled it to reduce its carbon footprint by 9% in 2023 compared with 2022.

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