E-waste is electrical and electronic equipment that is at the end of its useful life.
That will help stretch the machine's useful life before it needs to be replaced.
Some companies also offer less coverage for systems that are near the end of their useful life.
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Y. police department sold off some older MFPs that had reached the end of their useful life.
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In my case, because titanium does not rust or fatigue appreciably, its useful life is until I die.
In theory, this is an annual write-off that adds up to an asset's cost over its useful life.
Normally, a business has to write off (or depreciate) a new piece of equipment over its supposed useful life.
Which is less catchy as a phrase, but has a longer useful life.
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The hope is that the repairs and upgrades will give Hubble at least five more years of useful life.
Not to be confused with zombie websites, which have passed their useful life but are maintained as if in aspic.
He thought he had another 20 years or so of useful life, and was working on the 21st Aubrey novel.
Although his old car has years of useful life in it, it would not show the world that he has arrived.
Although she would like a new car, she decides that her five-year-old sedan has several years of useful life in it.
To the accountant, depreciation is the allocation of the cost of an asset over the expected useful life of the asset.
One of the worst has been the urge by management to depreciate assets as fast as possible irrespective of their useful life.
Industry analysts estimate that approximately 50% of distribution poles are 30 to 50 years old, and near the end of their useful life.
The notes will gradually replace the old ones, which will be withdrawn from circulation as they reach the end of their useful life.
But the problem is that the accountant's definition of the estimated useful life of an asset can be very different from an investor's definition.
Friedel is the latest in a lineage of great goalkeepers who have played long after the useful life of an outfield player is up.
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Both Sharp and SEL have agreed to accelerate the developments concerning useful life and production costs to meet the substantial demand in the market.
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They extend the useful life of the horse, allow young people to begin their show careers on horses that have been there and done that.
Sentencing him, Judge Roger Thomas stressed how Callaghan, who has served about six months on remand, lived an "entirely blameless" and useful life until the tragedy.
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Retrofitting existing diesel powered buses is a much less expensive alternative than replacing a bus that may still have some years left in its useful life.
It costs much more to close down a coal plant earlier than planned than to replace it with something cleaner at the end of its useful life.
Even if you're planning to ditch your car before the end of its useful life, you'll get more for your vehicle if you can show that it's been properly maintained.
Many Argentines believe that the IMF, having been criticised for backing the fixed exchange rate long past its useful life, was slower and sterner with Mr Duhalde than with his predecessors.
Boeing 737s have a useful life of 30 years.
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Since the useful life of a ship is around 25 years, the fleets of vessels ordered at that time (including a staggering 105m tonnes in 1973 alone) are currently heading for the scrapyard.
Lower temperatures help prevent the degradation of the media that leads to normal data loss so some in the discussion pointed out that burying the devices in the ground could extend their useful life.
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Current accounting rules allow retailers that sign certain long-term leases to omit the leased property from their balance sheets. (The basic rule is that omission is acceptable if the lease term is less than 75% of the useful life of the building.) But the Financial Accounting Standards Board may change that next year.
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