Moving to new offices can be a suitable time to upgrade electrical equipment, but what is the best way to dispose of the old equipment?
The easiest way to get rid of electrical waste is to outsource the job to a professional electrical waste disposal service. They will remove the equipment and separate the components into ferrous and nonferrous metals and plastics, ready to be recycled for use in future products.
Any components such as LED lights, keyboards and mice that can be reused should be refurbished. After everything has been repurposed or recycled, the recycling service will issue a Recycling Confirmation Certificate that indicates that the electrical waste has been disposed of in line with sustainable practices.
Before computers are collected, be sure erase any data on the hard or SSD drives. Use a deletion app that prevents the recovery of deleted files, or better still, break the disk drives with a heavy hammer.
If a business replaces fully functioning laptops, computers, phones, tablets, printers and other devices with higher specification ones, consider donating the older equipment to charities like Computer Aid. They refurbish used digital technology and give them to non-profit organisations, NGO’s and schools in the UK and many other countries.
For electrical equipment that is still needed in the new office location, ask us at Merseyside Movers & Storers to help. We are a long-established specialist in office removals in the Merseyside area, who will professionally pack the equipment and take it safely to the new offices.
