FREE COMPUTER
RECYCLING OXFORD
Secure IT asset disposal and computer donation for businesses and homes in Oxford.
100% Free. 100% Secure. 0% Landfill.
IF YOU RUN A BUSINESS IN OXFORD, THE TIP WILL CHARGE YOU
This catches people out constantly, so it is worth being blunt about.
“a trade area where you can bring commercial and trade waste”
— Oxfordshire County Council
So it is possible — it just costs money, needs a phone call, and ends with your equipment being shredded rather than reused.
And the practicalities are their own deterrent. Oxfordshire County Council requires advance booking for every visit, without exception, and requires . It refuses certain vehicle types entirely, and requires a permit for some vans and trailer sizes.
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 Oxfordshire County site. Here is where they are.
Redbridge
Main siteOld Abingdon Road, Oxford, OX1 4XG
Every day 8am-5pm, last vehicle entry 4.55pm. Booking mandatory
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 OXFORD
Across Oxford and Oxfordshire - the city centre, Headington, Cowley, Summertown, Botley, Abingdon and Bicester.
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.