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The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point
(www.wired.com)
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this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2024
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Anecdotal but in my career in corporate this has been the order of operations
The reason was they company wasn't getting any benefit to give away the equipment. Then it was too much of a hassle to write paperwork for the sales which are then used to write down refreshes. Then they just blanket sold to another company which as an employee you then have to engage but with no discounts.
These big businesses make money hands over feet but god forbid they let Joe Employee keep his old laptop for his kid as an unofficial perk of working there.