Yes, we offer a free collection service UK-wide for large donations from businesses and organisations. If you require your equipment to be collected please let us know using our donations form or email info@reusingit.org
For smaller and individual donations we kindly ask if you can drop off at either East Calder in Scotland or Harrogate in England. Please see contact details for precise locations.
Simple answer is “no.”
We can save you money on your e-waste management costs. We provide a free data destruction service for all donations, allowing you or your organisation to achieving compliance with all local and international data security, environmental and industry regulations.
We offer a free collection service UK-wide for large volume donations. For smaller donations we kindly ask for them to drop off at either East Calder in Scotland or Harrogate in England. Please see contact details for precise locations.
Yes. Every device we receive goes through our data destruction process.
We wipe computers to UK Government standards using accredited software. We perform certified, secure data erasure on all donated devices by using market-leading ERASE IT data erasure software, including HMG Infosec Standard No. 5 (the ‘higher Standard’), is maintained in line with technological advances.
We can also meet several other data destruction standards as required, including NIST 800-88 and US DoD 5220.22-M. You can find our policy on data destruction here.
We provide transparency with data destruction certificates for HDDs, SSDs and other data-bearing devices, detailing the make, model and serial number of all devices that are erased.
Hard disks that are faulty or that cannot be wiped of data are physically destroyed. If required we can also provide on-site shredding of hard drives.
We also accept donations of PCs where the hard drives have been removed.
Yes!
We facilitate access to education and life opportunities for people who are digitally excluded, by giving them refurbished devices which would otherwise end up in landfill. So the impact of your donated devices is both social and environmental.
We provide social and environmental impact reporting through our donation tracking mechanisms. This enables you to demonstrate the impact your donation makes in terms of the carbon savings made as well as the social benefit which has resulted.
We can also provide bespoke reporting as required, as well as pictures featuring your company logo, helping you demonstrate the impact of your support.
We provide transparency and assurance with data destruction certificates for HDDs, SSDs, and other data-bearing devices, detailing the make, serial number of all devices that are erased.
A summary Audit Report details exactly what has happened to every data baring device received (regardless of whether a hard drive was found or not).
We are fully compliant with legal obligations under the Environmental Agency regulations, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, Data Protection (including GDPR), Hazardous Waste and Duty of Care.
We will provide you with all the documentation you need to provide an audit trail to demonstrate your compliance to all the relevant data protection and environmental legislation.
Yes, we are fully compliant with legal obligations under the Environmental Agency regulations, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, Data Protection (including GDPR), Hazardous Waste and Duty of Care. Process audits are performed to ensure complete compliance.
We will provide you with all the documentation you need to provide an audit trail to demonstrate your compliance to all the relevant data protection and environmental legislation.
Reusing IT is registered with SEPA. License Number: WML/XC/1095902
Working with our ITAD partner(s) Rapid IT, SK-Tes and Techbuyer we provide an IT disposal solution that meets every requirement and still enables the maximum benefit towards the charity.
In doing so we can provide a solution with the following accreditations:
Yes. Leveraging ITAD partnerships with Rapid IT, SK-Tes and Techbuyer, we can deliver a secure and accredited one-stop solution.
This means all your redundant IT equipment is uplifted and processed to your preferred Data Destruction Standard, after which our beneficiaries receive what can be reused, whilst everything else is compliantly recycled.
Please email info@reusingit.org with any queries and to donate you IT equipment today.
On receiving your donation your equipment will be assessed for reuse. Suitable items will be refurbished and sent to schools to support the education of disadvantaged students or similar charities.
Items that are unsuitable for reuse in schools or charitable organisations (such as Servers and Enterprise IT equipment) will be refurbished and sold to generate funds to support the charity’s costs.
We will repair all PC’s, Laptops and TFT’s where it is economically viable. Any items that cannot be reused will be recycled at an authorised WEEE recycling facility.
We can use a really broad range of IT equipment in our mission to equip schools and other charities with everything that they need. It is easier to say the ONLY things we cannot accept are CRT Monitors.
Yes, we can reuse devices that are up to 25 years old! Using open source operating systems such as Linux Mint and Unbuntu and fitting a Solid State Hard Drive we can certainly give most devices a long, happy and productive life.
To begin our hassle-free donations process, please give us a few details of your donation using the button below to complete our donations form or simply email with details or to request a call back – info@reusingit.org
Local Drop-off
In Scotland.
Reusing IT. Units 9&10, Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder, EH27 8DF by prior arrangement. Please use the donations form or email info@resuingit.org to arrange your visit in advance.
Preferred Drop off times: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10.00am – 2.30pm. (other days and times by arrangement)
In England
Techbuyer. Unit C1, Crimple Ct, Hornbeam Square N, Harrogate HG2 8PB by prior arrangement. Please use the donations form or email info@resuingit.org to arrange your visit in advance.
Preferred Drop off times: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10.00am – 4.30pm. (other days and times by arrangement)
