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IF YOU RUN A BUSINESS IN MANCHESTER, THE TIP IS NOT AN OPTION
This catches people out constantly, so it is worth being blunt about.
“You cannot take business or trade waste to any of the Recycling Centres. These are strictly for household waste and recycling only.”
— Recycle for Greater Manchester
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. Recycle for Greater Manchester requires a permit account, opened at least two working days before your first visit, for any van, hire van, pick-up or twin-axle trailer — and it caps you at 18 visits a year. It refuses vans over 5.3 metres or 3.5 tonnes at every one of its sites. 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 Recycle for Greater Manchester site. Here is where they are.
Longley Lane
Main siteLongley Lane, Sharston, Manchester M22 4RQ
Daily, 8am to 8pm
Sandfold Lane
Sandfold Lane, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3BJ
Daily, 8am to 8pm
Ash Road
Ash Road, Droylsden M43 6QU
Daily, 8am to 8pm
Boysnope Wharf
Liverpool Road, Eccles M30 7RH
Daily, 8am to 8pm
Reliance Street
Reliance Street, Newton Heath, Manchester M40 3EZ
Closed for rebuilding. Recycle for Greater Manchester says it will reopen in early 2027
They will take it. But you will need a permit account, opened at least two working days before your first visit, for any van, hire van, pick-up or twin-axle trailer — and it caps you at 18 visits a year, 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 MANCHESTER
Every Manchester postcode district — M1 through M23, plus M40 and M90 — and out through Salford, Trafford, Stockport, Oldham and Rochdale. If it is in the Manchester post town, it is in.
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.