How to recycle your IT waste with us
What to expect when you choose to recycle with us.
1. Plan your WEEE Recycling
- Think about how many IT assets you need to recycle, the types and size of them.
- To help keep track whilst you are creating a list use our simple IT asset Recycling checklist which you can print out while collecting information.
- Check out guide to assets we can collect.
- In most instances we offer a free service. However, this is dependent on both the number and type of items to be collected. Some specific pieces of equipment are also considered chargeable items.
2. Book a collection
- Complete the short online form to let us know what equipment you have and when you would like us to collect it, you can also attach a completed checklist, if you have one.
- We will contact you to confirm any data destruction needs and confirm the date and time of your IT recycling collection.
- You can also tell us about access and where to park our vehicles.
3. WEEE recycling collection day
- Prior to arrival, you’ll gather all of your equipment in one place.
- Our security-cleared team will do all the heavy lifting and provide you with a Duty of Care Certificate (Waste transfer note) at the point of exchange.
- If you realise you’ve forgotten to book some equipment in for collection, simply speak to our driver. If there’s space in the van we’ll take it away for you.
4. Processing & certification
- We transport all your IT assets back to our secure warehouse for processing. Any IT equipment containing data will be wiped within 48hrs.
- Our stronghold premises have keypad entry and are monitored using 24hr CCTV.
- Data is stored in a secure area within the warehouse, with only staff allowed access. This limits access to your IT equipment until it is processed.
- We will then issue your Certificate of Destruction by email for audit purposes.
What happens to my IT recycling once it gets to our facility?
These are some of the key tasks performed by our skilled workforce.
Secure data cleansing
We prioritise data cleansing as the environmentally responsible choice. We use specialised data-wiping arrays which overwrite all data with cryptographically secure noise, permanently erasing information without damaging the drive.
Storage media destruction
Some companies may require the full destruction of the storage media. This essentially means degaussing where an extremely powerful magnetic device is used to permanently destroy the storage media itself, and then on to granulation of the enclosure and materials recovery.
Reuse & recycling
After we have removed and securely data cleansed all storage media, the equipment is repaired if this is required, cleaned, and recycled entirely in-house. When equipment is unsuitable for reuse or is beyond repair, we dismantle it into its component parts for recycling and materials recovery — a process which happens here in the UK.
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Driven by a mission to raise the standards of IT recycling, we are committed to solutions that limit waste in the UK and avoid exporting waste, which would contribute to pollution in other countries.