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IF YOU RUN A BUSINESS IN LEICESTER, THE TIP IS NOT AN OPTION
This catches people out constantly, so it is worth being blunt about.
“It is against the law to use household collections, recycling banks or recycling centres to dispose of business waste.”
— Leicester 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. Leicester City Council requires a permit, obtained in advance, for any van, pickup or car with a trailer over 1.4m - and only at Gypsum Close. It refuses vans, pickups and larger trailers entirely at Freemen’s Common, which takes cars and bicycles only. 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 Leicester City site. Here is where they are.
Gypsum Close
Main siteGypsum Close, Leicester, LE4 9AB
Apr-Oct 8am-8pm, Nov-Mar 8am-6pm, daily. The only site taking vans, and only with a permit
Freemen's Common
Islington Street, Leicester, LE2 7SQ
Apr-Oct 8am-8pm, Nov-Mar 8am-6pm, daily. Cars and bicycles only
They will take it. But you will need a permit, obtained in advance, for any van, pickup or car with a trailer over 1.4m - and only at Gypsum Close, 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 LEICESTER
Across Leicester and Leicestershire - the city centre, Clarendon Park, Belgrave, Evington, Aylestone, Braunstone, Oadby and Wigston.
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.