Anyone in IT Disposal?

[jonny_bravo]

I work for a large company in the IT dept, for years I have cringed at the some of the equipment being scrapped (things barely out of warranty) that still have good monetary value on the 2nd hand market. Mainly talking laptops - fully working just having had their HDD removed.

Just wondered what sort of licenses have to be obtained and regulations that have to be abided by? - all I can gather from my boss is that the current disposal company pay a tiny price per unit and issue him with a certificate of some kind to say they have been signed over.

[jas xjr]

take a look at john pye auctions . might be worth a look to see the kind of prices they achieve

[andy-xr]

It's not worth trying to punt them on tbh

Companies who have ISO compliance will have this written in as part of their plans, ISO27001, ISO9001, WEEE...there's a few more as well but those are the ones off the top of my head. A lot of it is about duty of care for both themselves and the second hand market.

There's a fair bit of stuff that does get recycled, but it has to be through a specific procedure, which these disposal companies have the accreditations for and the processes to make sure it's done the right way.

ETA - mostly it's from the Environment Agency and other Gov organisations

Edited by andy-xr on Thursday 26th June 09:39

[jammy_basturd]

There's a few charities that will take your old IT equipment to recycle it and give it to those in need. Computers 4 Africa is one such charity.

[Paddymcc]

Ive just sent you some mail regarding this

[jonny_bravo]

Thanks for the responses guys.

[CharlieCrocodile]

Can recommend these guys - http://www.icex.co.uk/ will pickup depending where you are. They also offer disk shredding either onsite or at their place which is pleasant to watch

[sider]

My old company once gave some old laptops to a school for under-priveliged kids to take home to do homework on.

Apparently one of the laptops broke and the school tried to sue my old firm for giving them something not fit for purpose. Crazy!! Gift-horse rule surely?!