Services
Ordering a WEEE Collection or Obtaining a Quote
To arrange for your waste electrical equipment to be recycled please call the Electrocycle team on 0845 680 9829 or contact us online through the WEEE Collections Quote Page. We can help you with your recycling or WEEE queries and arrange hassle-free collections from your site.
ELECTROCYCLE WEEE COLLECTION & RECYCLING PROCESS
Collecting WEEE from You
Our collection drivers will pick your WEEE up on a pre-arranged date. It will then be referenced according to our coding system and delivered to our nearest regional WEEE recycling centre. The collection vehicle type will depend on the type, volume, size and quantity of WEEE that you need recycling and where you’re located.
Electrocycle WEEE collection & recycling process
Electrocycle’s Infrastructure
Due to Electrocycle being contracted to collect WEEE on behalf of the largest BtoB focused WEEE Producer Compliance Scheme in the UK (www.b2bcompliance.org.uk), we have been able to establish a nationwide infrastructure of strategically located recycling centres so that we can minimise transportation costs to our customers (often sharing such costs on a marginal basis with others) as well as minimising carbon emissions from vehicles.
Recycling
Recycling involves ‘taking disassembled materials and treating them further (as required) to create raw material that can then be reintroduced into the manufacturing processes of new and/or different items’. Electrocycle makes sure your old equipment is broken down into its raw materials in the UK and that the maximum level of recovery and recycling is reached using state of the art technology. Typically we recycle between 70% and 95% of the equipment we collect.
We use a combination of processes to recover materials like ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics and circuit boards from waste electronics. These processes include manual dismantling, automated shredding, magnets and eddy current separators. These recovered materials are then used at various stages in the manufacturing of new electronic products around the world relieving demand for non-renewable raw materials, reducing CO2 emissions and minimising waste to landfill.
For certain special equipment Electrocycle ensures that tertiary treatment is conducted to further prevent any impacts on the environment. For instance, freezers which contain ODS (ozone depleting substances) are recycled in manner that prevents any gas or foam from leaking into the atmosphere and old computer monitors, which contain lead in their glass, must also be handled and recycled in a highly specialised manner. This hazardous glass can be recycled back into vital raw material through our associate company CRT Recycling Ltd.
Green & Economical Sense
We believe that in most cases organisations can minimise their environmental impact and carbon footprint without incurring additional costs. Recycling waste, such as electrical or electronic scrap, not only reduces the need for limited virgin materials and reduces carbon emissions from manufacturing processes, but can also save organisations money as landfill costs, and landfill taxes continue to rise. Furthermore, as landfill and hazardous waste landfill gate fees rapidly rise due to green taxes and decreasing numbers, the costs of disposal and transport to these sites will become more and more expensive.