5 Important Processes to Better Understand Computer Recycling by CITD London

Have you ever wondered what happened to the computer you threw because it didn’t work anymore?
What happens to all the data you stored in the hard drives of the computer?
I bet you did. In case you are planning for computer recycling, here is what you need to know.

5 Computer Recycling Processes Adopted by CITD London

Here is what happens when a computer is tossed up in the trash. Fortunately, it gets recycled. There is a standard process of recycling computers and other consumer electronic devices, which consists mainly of 5 important steps that are discussed below.

Collection
There are 2 ways to collect the unwanted computers, either collectors pay the owner to get the computer or charge the owner in exchange for recycling their computers by safely destroying their data stored in the computer. The collection centres can be independent as well as operated by the manufacturers.

In case where computer manufacturers establish collection centres, they often give the offers to the owners to exchange their unwanted computer with a new computer by paying less than the market. In this case manufacturers obtains most of their products back which they can reuse in their production which lowers the costs as well as they find a good opportunity to market their products.

Organisation
Once the computers are being collected, they are then sorted out with respect to their condition and usability. The computers with better condition are being separated and then refurbished by replacing the non-functional parts and wiping off the memory. The item that weighs costs more than the estimated benefit are then sent to the manual disassembling departments.

Manual Disassembling
The computers that does not satisfy the requirement of refurbishment are manually disassembled by highly skilled professionals. All the computer components are taken apart. Speakers, keyboards, graphic cards and hard drives etc. are disassembled manually and then checked for functionality.

The functioning parts are then sold to the consumer in need of 2nd hand parts or to the manufacturing companies to reuse in their production.

Safety Measures
Rechargeable batteries and other dangerous components are then sent to the specialised batteries recyclers in order to keep the security measures. All the disassembled components are then categorised into materialised compositions like plastic, metal, circuit boards and wires. These are then broken down separately.

Computers with cathode ray tubes (CRT) are processed separately due to the toxic waste like lead, cadmium, mercury, phosphorous and barium. The CRTs are sent to the specialised facilities to get the glass separated for reuse.

Data Destruction
Secure data destruction is considered to be an important process in computer recycling. Hard drives and processors are shredded in ten-ton process in order to avoid the data to be compromised. The shredded waste is used in automotive industry as recycled aluminium.

Refurbishment
The various materials resulting out of the recycling process can be further used in manufacturing the new products. Raw material buyers and manufacturers buy those materials and use them in their production processes in order to lower the costs.

Everything other than CRT is then sold to the respective recyclers. CRT is sent to the specialised CRT recyclers who extract the glass from other poisonous materials and then reuse it.

Donation
The computers are being refurbished by upgrading or replacing the non-functional parts, wiping off memory and cosmetic retouches and those refurbished computers are then donated to the unprivileged and needy people. There are such schools who sign up for such donations in order to provide the needy students with the computers at an early age. So yes! A poor kid might be using that computer you threw years back.

Do Computer Recycling with CITD London

These are the 5 computer recycling processes followed by CITD London. We offer computer and IT recycling services in London and other major locations in UK like Nottingham, Birmingham and Manchester etc. The list is endless and you can avail our services in every city of UK.

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