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IF YOU RUN A BUSINESS IN BRISTOL, THE TIP IS NOT AN OPTION
This catches people out constantly, so it is worth being blunt about.
“All trade and business waste must be taken to a commercial waste transfer station.”
— Bristol Waste Company
It does not matter that the laptops came from a small office, or that you would be taking them in your own car.
Even if it were allowed, the practicalities rule it out. Bristol Waste Company requires a time slot booked in advance for every single visit, and requires photo ID and proof of a Bristol address on arrival, plus a permit for any van, pick-up or trailer over 1.52 metres. It refuses a permit to any business vehicle at all — flat beds and anything branded or sign-written are refused outright. There is no version of a business IT clear-out that fits comfortably through that door.
Businesses have a separate duty of care for waste electricals under the WEEE Regulations, and you are required to be able to show where the equipment went. That is what we give you: a documented collection, certified data destruction, and a waste transfer record.
Anyone moving your waste commercially has to be a registered waste carrier. We are — registration CBDU607333, checkable on the Environment Agency public register, and listed on our certifications page.
BOOK A BUSINESS COLLECTIONAND IF YOU ARE CLEARING OUT AT HOME, HERE IS THE HONEST COMPARISON
You can take a computer to a Bristol Waste Company site. Here is where they are.
Hartcliffe Way Reuse and Recycling Centre
Main site83 Hartcliffe Way, Bristol BS3 5RN
Wednesday to Sunday. 9am to 5pm weekdays, 8am to 4pm weekends. Reuse shop 9.30am to 3.30pm
St Philips Reuse and Recycling Centre
Folly Lane, off Days Road, St Philips, Bristol BS2 0QS
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. 9am to 5pm weekdays, 8am to 4pm weekends
Avonmouth Reuse and Recycling Centre
Kings Weston Lane, Avonmouth, Bristol BS11 0YS
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 9am to 5pm weekdays, 8am to 4pm weekends
They will take it. But you will need photo ID and proof of a Bristol address on arrival, plus a permit for any van, pick-up or trailer over 1.52 metres, a car, and a free hour in opening hours — and the machine is processed for its materials. Nobody uses it again.
We collect from your door for nothing, wipe the data to NIST 800-88 standard, and if the machine still has life in it we refurbish it and pass it on. If it is genuinely dead, we recycle it responsibly — and tell you that is what happened.
THE COUNCIL RECYCLES THE COMPUTER.
WE TRY TO KEEP IT A COMPUTER.
WHERE WE COLLECT IN BRISTOL
The whole Bristol post town — BS1 to BS16 across the centre, Bedminster, Easton, Clifton, Southmead and Avonmouth, plus the BS20 to BS41 districts out towards Portishead, Kingswood, Keynsham, Bradley Stoke and Thornbury.
We collect nationwide by courier, or send you a prepaid postage label if you would rather drop it off — there is no fixed local round to wait for, so book whenever suits you. Labels and QR codes are issued between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Outside the area? We collect across the UK — book a collection anywhere.