IT Recycling

With a fast-evolving technology landscape throughout homes and businesses, Wayst provides sustainable and reliable IT recycling solutions to the disposal of your outdated IT equipment that covers a range of our customers’ requirements.

We work closely with a wide range of versatile IT recycling specialists that deliver on all fronts, for any kind of IT recycling need. This includes computers, laptops, monitors or televisions, servers, mobile phones, tablets, networking equipment, printers, and anything else that is powered by a battery or plug socket like lamps and kettles.

We see a regenerative and circular economy where waste should be seen and treated as a valuable resource. Our professional IT recycling service providers are guaranteed to manage your IT waste with the greatest level of security and care at every stage of the process, and a positive impact on the environment is ensured with every service.

One of the best ways for us to have a positive impact on the environment is by responsible disposal which includes reuse or recycling - IT waste is a constantly growing waste stream, and IT recycling or reuse is the key to dealing with it responsibly for a more sustainable environment and fewer risks to our health in the process. In recycling your IT waste, we save natural resources and energy whilst being able to recover valuable metals and other materials that your IT equipment consists of that can be circulated back into the economy. To give you a better idea of how much of a positive impact on the environment recycling your IT equipment can have, recycling one million laptops can save energy that is the equivalent of the power needed to run almost 4,000 households for one year. Similarly, recycling one million mobile phones can recover 75 pounds of gold, 772 pounds of silver, over 35,000 pounds of copper, and 33 pounds of palladium - all immensely valuable metals that are used all over the world in manufacturing new IT equipment as well as a wide range of other valuable and useful items such as household appliances and industrial equipment.

With over a decade of experience in collecting and recycling all kinds of IT equipment, we thoroughly understand the process and the importance of legislation throughout. We know what to look for when hiring compliant electronic waste professionals that use the latest technology and safety equipment when collecting and transporting your IT equipment - from large commercial printers to small laptops, each and every item is handled with care to keep you safe whilst delivering a reliable and efficient recycling service that recovers as many natural resources and valuable materials as possible in our effort to create a circular economy and to have as much of a positive impact on our environment as possible.

At the end of the service, we provide you with completed Waste Transfer Notes, Consignment Notes for hazardous waste collected from commercial premises, as well as certificates of destruction for any confidential information destroyed in the IT recycling process from hard drives in equipment like laptops and office computers. Our electronic waste service partners who specialise in data destruction will use world-class data wiping software - giving you the peace of mind in having full compliance and traceability of your unwanted IT equipment alongside any confidential waste once it has been collected from your premises by our experienced IT recycling partners.

In your IT recycling service, our qualified service providers will always seek to deliver the most sustainable solution to disposing of your IT equipment. The most ideal method and first choice is to reuse your IT equipment wherever possible. In reusing your IT equipment, the life cycles are extended, and you completely negate any harmful impact made on the environment in the process of turning waste into product options, as opposed to the typical disposal route.

Where your IT equipment may not be able to be reused, the next best thing is a reliable recycling process at a certified treatment facility. Most discarded electronic devices consist of glass, metals, and plastics in widely varying proportions - which is why we make sure a wide range of recycling processes are used to reach maximum efficiency depending on the materials being recycled and the technologies used. The recycling process starts with a professional collection and transportation of your IT waste to a certified recycling facility, where your waste is then managed and separated to ensure any IT waste can be reused first. The remaining materials and equipment are separated to ensure as much raw material can be reclaimed as possible. Metal must be separated from plastics, for example. To further prepare the waste for sorting, each raw material is shredded into pieces as small as 100mm. For separating iron from steel in the IT waste stream, a powerful overhead magnet is used. The separated materials are then prepared to be sold as recycled steel. Similarly, mechanical processors separate copper, circuit boards, and aluminium from the waste stream - leaving mostly plastic remaining. Any glass in the waste stream is separated from plastics using cutting-edge water separation technology. The final step in the treatment process is locating and removing any remaining metal contaminants from the plastics to further purify the stream. Once this process is completed, each separated material stream is prepared to be sold as reusable raw materials - used in production for a near endless list of products both in and outside of IT equipment - like jewellery and garden furniture.

Do you need help with IT recycling? The Wayst platform is designed to make it easier for you to find compliant and sustainable IT recycling service providers, so get in touch.

At every step of the way, we enable you to make informed decisions about your IT recycling service by providing you with all of the relevant and necessary facts and information. We make sure all of this information is readily available to you at all times on the Wayst platform throughout the process, so you can have a smooth transaction that values your needs for a reliable, compliant and sustainable solution above all else. Our helpful customer service team is on standby to help with any additional questions and special requirements to guarantee a bespoke service that meets the needs of you or your organisation.

IT waste can come in all shapes and sizes, so we guarantee our chosen partners can safely collect all volumes and sizes of electrical equipment for resume or recycling. Your IT waste is transported to a reliable treatment facility for sorting and a recycling process that reclaims as much raw material for recycling as possible. We then provide you with the necessary documentation that gives you a transparent waste journey, including how it is processed and whether it ends up being reused or recycled, so you can have the peace of mind in knowing your IT recycling needs are taken care of.

We have been working with IT waste for over a decade and have a thorough understanding of recycling all types of IT equipment and waste, we know the risks that can be involved and how to properly manage and mitigate them at every stage of the process. Our experienced IT recycling partners deliver a service that is fully compliant with regulations and quality standards throughout the service so you can take comfort in knowing your IT waste is in trusted hands.

IT waste can be a complicated type of waste to dispose of properly due to all of the different materials each device consists of, but Wayst makes it easy by delivering bespoke and cost-effective disposal solutions whilst having a positive impact on the environment. If you would like to know more about a professional IT recycling service from Wayst, please get in touch and we will be happy to find the right solution for you.