Holland Recycling is a specialist in recycling discarded IT hardware for businesses. Think of old computers, servers, monitors, and printers, among other things. But recycling naturally covers much more than that — after all, where should you, as a business or private individual, take an old refrigerator or kettle? This blog answers exactly that question.
Handing in household appliances as a private individual
As a consumer, you can hand in your old household appliance at the store where you buy a new, similar appliance. The retailer is required to take back the old appliance free of charge. This arrangement applies only to private individuals. If you’re not buying a new comparable product but do have defective or surplus equipment, you can always take it to your local recycling centre. Nowadays, large supermarkets and garden centres also often have drop-off points for old discarded electronics. This way, you can be sure your (old) appliances are properly recycled into secondary raw materials.
Handing in old business parts or electrical appliances
As a business, if you have defective or old electronic devices such as computers, laptops, servers, or similar electrical and/or electronic equipment, you can have them disposed of through companies that specialize in this. Naturally, you want your equipment to be processed properly. That’s why you should always work with a WEEELABEX-certified company. WEEELABEX, short for Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment LABel of EXcellence, provides uniform rules for the collection, storage, transport, processing, recycling, and reuse of e-waste, such as electronics. These guidelines contribute to sustainable production and consumption by preventing the creation of discarded electrical and electronic equipment. A company without this certification is not permitted to process these electrical appliances.
Pickup service for electrical appliances
If you want to have your electrical appliances, such as IT hardware, picked up, you can easily do so by using Holland Recycling’s free electronics pickup service (free from 150 kilograms). If you also have household appliances, you can have these removed at the same time as your IT hardware. Your IT hardware is expertly removed using the right collection equipment and vehicles, tailored to your specific situation. Would you like to hand in only household appliances? That’s certainly possible, though in most cases it isn’t free of charge. This is because household appliances generally contain low-grade electronics. The transport costs are therefore often higher than the value of the appliances.
What happens to your handed-in electrical appliances?
The certified processor ensures the materials are treated and processed in such a way that reuse is possible whenever feasible. If the appliance can no longer be reused, the electronics are processed, which helps preserve valuable raw materials. Electrical appliances contain numerous raw materials, such as aluminium, stainless steel, and iron. But precious metals such as copper, gold, silver, and palladium are also recovered.
Handing in old appliances
Properly destroying data carriers is important, as you naturally want to avoid a data breach. Depending on what business customers offer, a payment is often made for the equipment. This depends on the brand, type, and specifications of the equipment. Would you like to hand in your business electrical appliances? Then contact us for a no-obligation price quote.
