The electronic waste cycle: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Cable One is committed to the reduction of waste generated by our business.
When it comes to the network equipment that enables our service in our customers’ homes, it’s a story of “one product, many lives.”
Because we own much of the customer premise equipment (CPE) in our network – the cable modems and set-top boxes in our customers’ homes and businesses – we enhance the sustainability of
our operations through reuse and recycling. When equipment returned to us is in working order, we refurbish it and redeploy it for reuse by other customers. When this equipment has
reached the end of its lifecycle with Cable One, we work with brokers who resell it to network operators, often in developing countries. And if the equipment is damaged beyond repair, we
may harvest it for usable parts before sending it to partners that responsibly recycle it.
It is important for us to effectively manage our resources, achieve cost efficiencies, and foster sustainability. We do this with Cable One's office equipment. When its useful life at
Cable One ends, we seek to find it a new home or have it ethically recycled. In 2025 we reduced solid waste by more than four tons by recycling or reselling nearly 2,700 devices. The
company also donated more than 300 computers to local non-profits and schools.
Another environmental commitment is to decrease paper usage throughout the company. A cornerstone of this commitment is encouraging our customers to adopt paperless billing. Electronic
billing is efficient and timely, allowing us to communicate more directly with our customers. Paperless billing also streamlines the billing process and decreases recurring expenses
associated with printing materials, postage, and labor. Through increased paperless billing adoption, we hope to eliminate the use of millions of sheets of paper and envelopes per year.
The value of our paperless billing initiative is brought to life even more through our partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. To date, donations from Cable One are responsible for
planting 150,000 trees, and we’re committed to planting an additional 10,000 trees each year on behalf of our customers who choose paperless billing. These new trees help offset carbon
emissions while offering additional benefits, including cleaner air and water, soil stabilization and wildlife habitat.
The impact of this effort is significant. Over their lifetime, 150,000 trees can avoid and sequester 417,801 metric tons of carbon; avoid and remove 1,019 tons of air pollution and avoid
51,006,328 gallons of water runoff.
Where we can’t eliminate paper and other single-use materials, we strongly promote recycling. Cable One has a recycling program for all paper, cardboard, and aluminum cans used at our
corporate office in Phoenix. Every workstation has a recycling bin and signage throughout the offices reinforce our sustainability commitments.