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RECYCLING GLASGOW
Secure IT asset disposal and computer donation for businesses and homes in Glasgow.
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IF YOU RUN A BUSINESS IN GLASGOW, THE TIP IS NOT AN OPTION
This catches people out constantly, so it is worth being blunt about.
“Commercial waste will not be accepted at our Household Waste Recycling Centre. Any waste that is suspected to be commercial will not be accepted. You may face enforcement action if an offence has been committed by the depositing of trade or commercial waste.”
— Glasgow City Council
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. Glasgow City Council requires . It refuses cars over 1.8m and vans at most sites - vans are only allowed at Shieldhall and Dawsholm within set time windows, must report to the weighbridge first, and Polmadie refuses them 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 Glasgow City site. Here is where they are.
Dawsholm
Main site75 Dalsholm Road, Glasgow, G20 0TB
Every day 8am-6pm, last entry 5.45pm. Vans 8am-11.30am and 1.30pm-4.45pm only
Shieldhall
Renfrew Road, Glasgow, G51
Every day 8am-6pm, last entry 5.45pm. Vans 8am-11.30am and 1.30pm-4.45pm only
Polmadie
425 Polmadie Road, Glasgow, G42 0PJ
Every day 8am-6pm, last entry 5.45pm. No vans
Easter Queenslie
90 Easter Queenslie Road, Glasgow, G33 4UL
Closed from April 2026 for redevelopment - check before travelling
They will take it. But you will need 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 GLASGOW
Across Glasgow and the west of Scotland - the city centre, West End, Southside, Dennistoun, Paisley, Clydebank and East Kilbride.
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.