In an era where sustainability and the circular economy are buzzwords, a quiet but devastating practice continues in corporate IT departments and institutions worldwide. Organizations donate, sell, or hand over fleets of used iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks to recyclers and refurbishers—without removing Mobile Device Management (MDM) profiles or unenrolling them from systems like Apple Business Manager (formerly DEP). The result? Perfectly functional devices become expensive bricks, destined for shredding instead of reuse.
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