WEEE Recycling & Collection for UK Businesses

Computer IT Disposals provides certified WEEE recycling and WEEE waste collection for businesses across England, Scotland and Wales. WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) is anything with a plug, a battery or a circuit board that your business no longer needs, from cables and phones to EPOS tills, UPS units, fridges and kitchen electricals.

We collect mixed and hazardous WEEE in one visit, destroy the data on every data-bearing device first, and issue your WEEE Certificate within five working days, with 100% of collected equipment diverted from landfill. Since 2014, our WEEE recycling has given businesses proof, not promises.

Our Process
WEEE recycling for UK businesses: mixed office electricals collected for certified recycling
Mixed business WEEE including cables, phones and office electricals awaiting collection
WEEE checked in at an Environment Agency licensed facility in Nottingham

WEEE Recycling At A Glance

  • What it is:WEEE recycling is the licensed collection, treatment and recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment, documented so a business can prove it met its Duty of Care.
  • Who provides it:Computer IT Disposals (Commercial IT Recycling Ltd) provides WEEE recycling services to UK organisations. Established 2014, Upper Tier Waste Carrier (CBDU457511), processing at an Environment Agency licensed facility in Nottingham.
  • Coverage:WEEE collection UK-wide, across England, Scotland and Wales, five days a week.
  • What we take:IT, screens, printers, office machines, telecoms, EPOS, UPS units, cabling, network kit, lighting, fridges and water coolers, large appliances and small office electricals. Mixed and unsorted loads are welcome.
  • Hazardous WEEE:CRTs, CCFL screens, fluorescent tubes, fridges and water coolers, toner, batteries and UPS units move under hazardous waste consignment paperwork, which we prepare and complete.
  • Data security:Data-bearing WEEE is erased to NIST 800-88 or HMG IS5, or shredded to BS EN 15713, before recycling.
  • Evidence:Waste Transfer Note signed digitally on site, then a WEEE Certificate, ESG Report and compliance pack within five working days under one collection reference.
  • Outcome:100% of collected equipment diverted from landfill, with reuse first and material recovery under our ISO 14001 environmental management system.

What Is WEEE Waste?

WEEE waste is any electrical or electronic equipment that has reached the end of its working life. The simple test: if it had a plug, a battery or a circuit board, it’s WEEE. For most businesses that means IT and office equipment, but it also covers the drawer of dead phones, the box of cables nobody owns and the microwave from the kitchen refit.

Because WEEE contains both valuable materials and hazardous substances, it can’t go in a skip or general waste. WEEE waste disposal must go through a licensed waste carrier and a permitted facility, with paperwork proving where it went. That is exactly what our WEEE recycling service provides.

What Counts as Business WEEE

Our WEEE recycling covers the full range of business electricals:

Category Examples Notes
Computers, laptops and servers Desktops, laptops, servers, storage Data destroyed first. See computer recycling and server recycling
Screens Monitors, TVs, display screens CRT and CCFL screens are hazardous. See monitor recycling
Printers and office machines Printers, photocopiers, MFDs, scanners, shredders, laminators Copiers with hard drives are data-bearing. See printer recycling
Telecoms and network kit Desk phones, headsets, switches, routers, firewalls Routers can store credentials, so they are treated as data-bearing
EPOS and handheld devices Tills, card terminals, barcode scanners, handhelds Treated as data-bearing
Power and cabling UPS units, PSUs, cables, chargers, extension leads UPS batteries are hazardous
Batteries Laptop, UPS and device batteries Hazardous stream. See battery recycling
Small office and kitchen electricals Kettles, microwaves, fans, heaters, desk lamps Travel on the same collection as your IT
Fridges, freezers and water coolers Office fridges, freezers, water coolers, chilled vending machines Hazardous: they contain refrigerant gases, so they move under hazardous consignment paperwork for specialist treatment
Lighting Fluorescent tubes, CFL and LED lamps Fluorescent tubes and CFLs contain mercury, so they are hazardous
Large appliances Dishwashers, washing machines, vending machines Collected on the same visit as the rest of your WEEE
Mixed and unsorted loads Any of the above, boxed or loose Sorted and streamed at our facility

 

One collection takes the lot, and every item is counted onto your paperwork before we leave.

Hazardous WEEE: Handled Under the Right Paperwork

Some business WEEE is classed as hazardous waste: CRT monitors (leaded glass), CCFL-backlit screens and fluorescent tubes (mercury), fridges, freezers and water coolers (refrigerant gases), toner, batteries and UPS units. These must move under hazardous waste consignment paperwork (special waste in Scotland) rather than a standard Waste Transfer Note.

We prepare and complete that paperwork for you, and hazardous items travel on the same WEEE recycling collection as everything else, so you don’t need a separate contractor for the difficult items.

Your Legal Duties: WEEE Regulations for Business

Every business that disposes of electricals has two waste duties, and one collection from us discharges both:

  1. Duty of Care.You must make sure your waste goes to an authorised operator, with a Waste Transfer Note for every consignment. See the Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice.
  2. WEEE Regulations.Electrical waste must be properly treated and recovered, not landfilled. See GOV.UK guidance on when equipment becomes WEEE.

Our WEEE disposal service makes electrical waste disposal straightforward. It covers the licensed carrier, the licensed facility, item-level documentation and the certificates your auditors ask for. Where data is involved, UK GDPR applies too, which is why data-bearing WEEE is destroyed first.

Mixed business WEEE including cables, phones and office electricals awaiting collection
WEEE checked in at an Environment Agency licensed facility in Nottingham

Data-Bearing WEEE Goes Through Destruction First

Plenty of WEEE holds data nobody thinks to check: drives in photocopiers, saved credentials in routers, transaction files on EPOS tills. Every data-bearing item goes through certified data destruction before WEEE recycling, erased to NIST 800-88 or HMG IS5 or shredded to BS EN 15713, with the method documented on your certificate.

Is WEEE Collection Free?

Yes, for qualifying volumes. Free WEEE collection applies when your collection includes typically 20 or more qualifying items such as desktops, laptops and servers. General WEEE (cables, phones, office and kitchen electricals) travels alongside on the same collection under our clear-space policy. Lower volumes may still qualify, so send us the details and we’ll assess and advise honestly.

Chargeable items: CRT monitors, plasma screens and large interactive displays need specialist hazardous handling, so they are charged. Any charge is agreed and approved by you before anything is booked.

The Environmental Outcome: Documented, Not Claimed

Every WEEE recycling collection is processed reuse-first. Equipment suitable for reuse is prepared for continued use, the best environmental outcome there is. Everything else is broken down for material recovery, with metals, plastics and components returned to the supply chain. 100% of collected equipment is diverted from landfill, under our ISO 14001 certified environmental management system, and your ESG Report documents the outcome of each collection.

Why Businesses Choose Our Computer Recycling Services

  • Established 2014

    Over a decade doing nothing but secure IT disposal.

  • Our own fleet, our own people

    BS 7858 vetted staff, GPS-tracked vehicles, no subcontracted couriers.

  • Evidence by design

    Digital Waste Transfer Note on site, then one compliance pack under one reference.

  • Certified throughout

    ISO 9001, ISO 14001, Cyber Essentials Plus, CHAS, ICO registered and an Environment Agency licensed facility. See our certifications.

  • Straight answers on cost

    Clear free-collection criteria, and any charge agreed before booking.

  • Trusted on regulated work

    From IT service providers running national utility and healthcare infrastructure programmes to schools, law firms and public bodies, including corporate computer recycling programmes across multi-site estates.

Sector-specific requirements

Your WEEE Certificate and Compliance Pack

The Waste Transfer Note is the legal transfer document; the WEEE Certificate is the proof of proper treatment that auditors and tenders ask for. After every WEEE recycling collection, within five working days of processing, you receive one pack under a single collection reference:

  • WEEE Certificate, your proof of compliant treatment and recovery
  • Waste Transfer Note, plus hazardous consignment notes where applicable
  • Data Destruction Certificate, where data-bearing items were collected
  • ESG Report, documenting the environmental outcome
  • Asset auditwith serial numbers (if required)

WEEE recycling is one part of our full IT asset disposal service. View a sample pack.

WEEE Collection Across England, Scotland and Wales

We provide WEEE recycling UK-wide, from a single office clear-out to multi-site programmes, collected by our own crews and processed at our Nottingham facility. For local collection details, choose your area:

Not listed? We collect across England, Scotland and Wales. See all locations we cover.

WEEE Recycling Case Studies

Organisations across the UK use our WEEE recycling and IT disposal services for clearances, refreshes and relocations, with certified data destruction and fully auditable disposal.

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Frequently Asked Questions

You need to be able to evidence that your electrical waste followed a compliant route. The Waste Transfer Note is the legal transfer document, and the WEEE Certificate is the proof of proper treatment that auditors and tenders ask for. We issue both as standard with every collection.

Free collection applies to qualifying business volumes, typically 20 or more qualifying items such as desktops, laptops and servers, with general WEEE travelling alongside. Lower volumes may still qualify. CRT monitors, plasma screens and large interactive displays are chargeable, and any charge is agreed with you before booking.

Yes. Mixed WEEE recycling is normal business: IT, screens, office machines and general electricals on one collection, sorted and streamed at our facility, with hazardous items moved under the correct consignment paperwork.

Yes. Under our clear-space policy, small and mixed WEEE items join any collection, large or small. Boxes of cables, old phones, chargers or a drawer of keyboards: if it’s out when we arrive, it’s counted onto the paperwork and taken.

All three are hazardous waste. They are collected on the same visit and moved under hazardous waste consignment paperwork, which we prepare and complete for you. CRT monitors are chargeable because of the specialist handling they need.

Yes. Kettles, microwaves, fans, heaters and desk lamps from an office or kitchen refit are all WEEE, and they can travel on the same collection as your IT equipment.

Always. Anything data-bearing, including computers, copiers, tills and routers, goes through certified destruction before recycling: erasure to NIST 800-88 or HMG IS5, or shredding to BS EN 15713, with the method documented on your certificate.

No. Business WEEE disposal must go through a licensed waste carrier with a Waste Transfer Note under your Duty of Care, and treated at a permitted facility under the WEEE Regulations. Putting it in a skip or general waste breaks both duties.

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Free collection available for qualifying items · certificates within 5 working days · 100% diverted from landfill.