Computer Recycling & Disposal for UK Businesses

Whether you need to recycle old computers from a single office or retire a whole fleet, we specialise in PC recycling and the full range of business computers. Everything below can go on one collection, working or broken, tested or untested, and every item is individually counted onto your paperwork before we leave.

Clearing more than computers? Network kit, UPS units and mixed office electricals can travel on the same collection. See IT asset disposal for full estate programmes and WEEE recycling for mixed electricals.

Yes, for qualifying volumes. Free computer recycling collection applies when you have typically 20 or more qualifying items such as desktops, laptops and servers. Printers, keyboards and monitors are happily collected on the same visit but don’t count towards that number. Lower volumes may still qualify, so send us your equipment list and we’ll assess it honestly.

Why some items are chargeable: CRT monitors contain leaded glass, and older plasma and large interactive screens need specialist hazardous-waste handling and consignment paperwork, so they cost more to process safely. Any charge is agreed and approved by you, or your finance team or decision makers, before anything is booked.

Smaller quantities? Local businesses can also drop equipment off at our Nottingham facility by arrangement.

Every computer leaving a business contains data somebody once cared about: client files, credentials, financials, emails. So every data-bearing device we collect goes through certified data destruction before any reuse or recycling. Recycling and data security aren’t separate services here; they’re one process.

You don’t need to wipe, unlock or deprovision anything before we arrive. Your Data Destruction Certificate records the method used for every device, by serial number, so your DPO has device-level evidence rather than a blanket statement. Need destruction before equipment leaves your building? On-site options are covered on our data destruction page.

Old computers are waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), often called e-waste, so a business can’t put them in a skip or general waste. Every business disposing of computers carries two legal obligations, and computer disposal is where both apply at once.

1. Waste law.Under the WEEE Regulations and your Duty of Care, e-waste must follow a documented route through a licensed operator, with a Waste Transfer Note for every consignment. Hazardous streams (CRT monitors, CCFL-backlit screens, toner, batteries and UPS units) must move under the correct consignment paperwork.
2. Data protection.Under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, the data on those machines remains your responsibility until it is provably destroyed.

Our computer recycling service exists to discharge both duties in one visit, and to hand you the evidence.

At our Environment Agency licensed facility, every consignment is processed under our ISO 14001 certified environmental management system. Computers suitable for continued use are prepared for reuse, the best environmental outcome there is. Everything else is broken down for material recovery, with metals, plastics and components returned to the supply chain. Nothing we collect goes to landfill.

Your ESG Report documents that outcome, and it is increasingly the page your sustainability team asks for first when reporting on recycling computer equipment across the business.