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Small tools for working out what to do with old technology. All free, none of them ask for your email, and none of them will tell you to throw something away that is still perfectly good.
Sometimes the honest answer is “keep it” — and when it is, that is what they say.
Can my laptop run Windows 11?
Windows 10 support ended in October 2025. Two questions tell you whether your machine can upgrade — and what your real options are if it cannot.
Open →For businessesData destruction policy
For businesses. Writes the policy an ISO 27001 or Cyber Essentials auditor asks for — and gets solid state drives right, which most templates online do not.
Open →For makersCrabinet — free case designer
A dead laptop is usually a working computer with a broken screen. Design a printable case for the board and export the STL — no account, no watermark, no export limit, and no paid tier to be nudged towards.
Open →For organisationsRecycling Centre Checker
Tells your visitors which authority actually runs their local tip — often not the council that empties their bins — and whether a business can use it. Free to embed on your own site: one iframe, no script, no cookies.
Open →For businessesWaste transfer note generator
For businesses. Every transfer of business waste legally needs one, and most templates online are missing the waste hierarchy declaration. Fills one in properly, in your browser.
Open →How old is my laptop?
Work out roughly when your machine was made, and whether it is worth keeping, upgrading or passing on.
Open →Is it safe to donate?
Three questions about what is on your device and who owns it, and a straight answer — including when you should check with someone first.
Open →E-waste impact calculator
The carbon and resource cost of the old technology sitting in your drawers, and what donating it would achieve.
Open →Are you a tech hoarder?
Old phones in a drawer? Three chargers you cannot identify? Find out what your hoard is actually worth.
Open →E-waste sorting game
Learn what can be recycled, refurbished or repaired by playing. Quick, and more useful than it sounds.
Open →Why we build these
Most old technology is not thrown away because someone decided to throw it away. It sits in a drawer because nobody is sure whether it is worth anything, whether their data is still on it, or whether it is genuinely finished.
Answering those questions honestly is more useful than asking for donations — and when the answer does turn out to be “this has had its day with you”, we will collect it free and get it to someone who needs one.