FREE COMPUTER
RECYCLING YORK
Secure IT asset disposal and computer donation for businesses and homes in York.
100% Free. 100% Secure. 0% Landfill.
IF YOU RUN A BUSINESS IN YORK, THE TIP WILL CHARGE YOU
This catches people out constantly, so it is worth being blunt about.
“You must register before using Hazel Court Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) to dispose of your commercial waste. [You must] carry a valid waste carrier's licence from the Environment Agency. We won't allow you to use the site without this licence.”
— City of York 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. City of York Council requires registration in advance, ten working days for vehicle stickers to arrive by post, and an appointment booked up to two weeks ahead
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 City of York site. Here is where they are.
Hazel Court
Main siteHazel Court, James Street, York, YO10 3DS
Commercial waste: Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri 8.30am-4.30pm. Closed Wednesdays and weekends
Towthorpe
Towthorpe, Strensall, York
Household waste only. Permit required - check the council site for current hours
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 YORK
Across York and North Yorkshire - the city centre, Acomb, Fulford, Heslington, Clifton, Heworth and out towards Selby and Malton.
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.