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RECYCLING SHEFFIELD
Secure IT asset disposal and computer donation for businesses and homes in Sheffield.
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IF YOU RUN A BUSINESS IN SHEFFIELD, THE TIP IS NOT AN OPTION
This catches people out constantly, so it is worth being blunt about.
“You cannot take business waste to our household waste recycling centres.”
— Sheffield 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. Sheffield City Council requires . It refuses any vehicle over the 1.8m height barrier fitted at every site - which rules out a standard transit van. 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 Sheffield City site. Here is where they are.
Longley Avenue West
Main siteShirecliffe, S5 8WA
Open daily, 9.30am-5.30pm
Blackstock Road
Gleadless, S14 1FY
9.30am-5.30pm, closed Wednesdays
Beighton Road
Woodhouse, S13 7PS
9.30am-5.30pm, closed Tuesdays
Greaves Lane
High Green, S35 4GR
9.30am-5.30pm, closed Wednesdays and Thursdays
Manchester Road
Deepcar, S36 2UU
9.30am-5.30pm, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
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 SHEFFIELD
Across Sheffield and into the wider South Yorkshire area - the city centre, Hillsborough, Ecclesall, Crookes, Gleadless, Woodhouse, High Green and out towards Deepcar and Stocksbridge.
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.