💻 IT Asset Disposal & Reuse

What ITAD actually means

IT Asset Disposition is the managed process of retiring IT equipment so that data is destroyed, value is recovered, environmental obligations are met and the whole thing is documented. It is distinct from plain recycling, which only addresses the last part — and distinct from a house clearance firm with a van, which addresses none of it.

Our order of preference

We work down a hierarchy, and we only move to the next step when the one above is genuinely exhausted:

1. Refurbish and remarket. A working machine that can serve another user for another three years is the best environmental and commercial outcome available. Its embodied carbon — the emissions already spent manufacturing it — is kept in service rather than written off.
2. Harvest for parts. Where a unit is beyond economic repair, functional components come out and go back into the repair chain.
3. Recover raw materials. What is genuinely finished is broken down through licensed downstream partners so the metals, plastics and rare earths re-enter the supply chain.

Zero to landfill, and what that phrase should mean

"Zero landfill" is claimed widely and audited rarely. Ours means IT WEEE we handle does not go to landfill at any point, and that every downstream partner we use must hold licences and certifications equivalent to or better than our own. A zero-landfill promise is only as good as the weakest operator in the chain behind it, which is why we control who is in ours.

What we take

If it plugs in and processes data, we almost certainly handle it — laptops, desktops, servers, storage arrays, networking and comms equipment, phones, tablets, monitors, AV equipment, printers, handheld scanners and cabling.

We are strictly IT WEEE specialists. We do not take fridges, washing machines, catering equipment or general white goods — not because they are beneath us, but because our licences and processes are built specifically around data-bearing IT equipment, and doing one thing properly beats doing everything adequately.

Locked and MDM-enrolled devices

Devices still locked to iCloud, Intune or Entra ID cannot be refurbished or resold, which removes the value that funds free collection. We charge £25 per locked device — but we always send you the list first so you have the chance to release them before any charge applies. Our MDM removal guide walks through how to unenrol devices properly.