Computer Recycling & IT Disposal in Leicester

Laptop recycling in Leicester is one of our most common requests: hybrid-working fleets, leavers’ devices returned to the office and refresh cycles that retire hundreds of machines at once. Every laptop is logged by serial number, its data destroyed to a recognised standard and its battery recycled through its own certified stream.

Newer laptops can be worth something. Working equipment under two years old, or up to four years old in larger volumes, may qualify for a rebate. Send us the kit list and we’ll confirm before collection. See our laptop recycling service for the full process.

Every data-bearing device is processed to HMG Infosec Standard No. 5, the UK Government data erasure standard, or NIST 800-88, Clear or Purge, matched to your data destruction policy. Destruction takes place at our facility, or is witnessed on site at your Leicester premises where your policy demands it.

Loose drives from old servers and PCs are collected with the rest of your IT and logged by serial number. See our data destruction service.

Shredding is the end point when erasure isn’t enough. Drives are physically shredded in line with BS EN 15713: hard drives to 6–8mm, SSDs to 2mm and LTO tapes to 10mm, with serialised certification for every drive. See our hard drive shredding service.

Paper records need the same care. Our confidential waste shredding service collects documents from Leicester offices, shreds them to BS EN 15713 and issues a Certificate of Destruction, so confidential waste disposal can be arranged alongside your IT disposal.

Laptop batteries, UPS batteries, handheld and scanner packs, and lithium cells from tools and equipment are hazardous waste. They travel separately from the rest of your IT, under the correct consignment paperwork, and are recycled through certified streams. Businesses can add batteries to any Leicester collection. See our battery recycling service.

Many Leicester firms are moving on-premise servers into the cloud or colocation, which leaves comms rooms full of racks, switches, storage and UPS systems. We de-rack, disconnect and remove the lot, log every drive by serial number and destroy or erase it to your policy. Out-of-hours windows can be arranged where systems run until the last moment.

See our server recycling service, or data centre decommissioning for larger rack and data hall clearances.

Not everything in a Leicester clear-out is IT. Cabling, AV equipment, office and kitchen electricals, phones and test equipment are all WEEE, and they can go on the same collection. Hazardous items, such as CRT screens and batteries, travel under the correct consignment paperwork, which we prepare for you. See our WEEE recycling service.

Collected equipment travels directly to our Environment Agency licensed facility in Nottingham, which is alarmed, access-controlled and CCTV-monitored around the clock by an external security company. Every item is checked against your collection record and logged in our ITAD asset portal, where your team can follow it.

Data-bearing devices are erased or destroyed to the agreed standard first. Equipment with resale value is assessed for a rebate, and everything else is separated into material streams and recycled. Nothing from a Leicester computer disposal goes to landfill.

Business IT is electrical waste, so it must be recycled under the WEEE Regulations and handed only to a licensed carrier with a Waste Transfer Note under your Duty of Care. Batteries and CRT screens are hazardous waste and need consignment paperwork. If devices hold personal data, UK GDPR applies too: your organisation stays responsible for that data until it is destroyed.

Before you hand anything over, check your carrier on the Environment Agency public register. Ours is CBDU457511. Our process covers every duty in one collection: a licensed carrier, certified destruction for every data-bearing device, and documents your compliance team can file straight away. See our licences.