Laptop recycling
WEEELABEX-certified recycling of old laptops with high recycling percentages. Can be combined with certified data destruction.
Recycle your old laptops
Looking to recycle a batch of old laptops as a company? Whale IT Recycling is a certified specialist in collecting and recycling business laptops. You can have your old laptops picked up by our pickup service or drop them off at our location in Rotterdam. Our team of specialists is ready to recycle your laptops, as well as wipe or destroy your hard drives securely.
Why Recycle Your Old Laptops with Whale IT Recycling?
Recycling old or used business laptops is the best choice. These devices contain valuable and rare metals that, once recycled, can be reused as raw materials for new devices. Additionally, old laptops also contain hazardous components, such as batteries and screens, which include substances harmful to the environment. To prevent environmental damage, it is crucial to recycle them through a WEEELABEX-certified company like Whale IT Recycling. We ensure both secure data handling and environmentally responsible disposal of hazardous materials.
Give your old laptops a second life
Are your laptops less than 8 years old and still in good working condition, but replaced by newer models? They may be eligible for buyback by Whale IT Recycling. Instead of paying per kilogram, we purchase them as functional devices at a higher price per unit. Your old laptops are then thoroughly checked, data wiped, and resold, making the process fully circular!
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Why is an old laptop valuable?
A laptop contains valuable (precious) metals that can be recovered through recycling, making old laptops very valuable! To extract all the value from laptops, it is important that they are recycled properly. At Whale IT Recycling, we do this through manual dismantling. By manually dismantling old laptops, we can separate dangerous components and disassemble the various components. The battery and screen are sent to other specialized recycling companies, and the circuit board is processed at a refinery to recover precious metals like gold and silver.
Recycling old laptops
Recycling old business laptops at Whale Recycling is very easy, just follow the steps below. If you’re not sure, feel free to contact us by phone or WhatsApp, and we will gladly help you out.
Inventory of old laptops
Send us a list, description, or just some photos of the old laptops you want to recycle. We also accept other types of IT hardware and peripherals, like chargers.
Receive an offer
Based on the information you provide, we’ll send you an offer.
Pickup or delivery
If you agree to our offer, we’ll schedule an appointment to pick up your batch of laptops. If you prefer to drop them off, that’s also possible!
Purchase invoice and payment
We weigh all the old laptops and any other hardware you deliver and list each weight on our invoice. We’ll pay this invoice within a few days.
Certificate of responsible processing
As proof that you have responsibly disposed of your old laptops, we’ll send you a certificate of responsible processing.
GDPR-proof data destruction
Old laptops may contain sensitive data from your company or personal data from the employee who used the laptop. That’s why it is crucial to destroy this data professionally. Whale IT Recycling specializes in the destruction of hard drives, SSDs, and other electronic data carriers. We have our own shredder that shreds these data carriers into pieces of 9 to 11 millimeters. We always provide a destruction certificate with serial number registration. Completely GDPR-proof.
Pickup service for old laptops
Take advantage of our pickup service for old laptops and other obsolete IT hardware. Our pickup is free for 200 kg of old electronics (excluding printers and monitors). At this quantity, we can cover the pickup costs from the residual value of the collected hardware. Have larger quantities? You’ll likely receive a nice return! To provide an accurate estimate, we ask you to clearly describe what you want to have picked up, preferably with photos.
Donate old laptops
Are your old business laptops fully depreciated? By donating them, you give them real value. Whale IT Recycling proudly supports Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital. When you donate the residual value of your old laptops via our campaign page, we will increase the proceeds by 10%. Your donation helps Sophia Children’s Hospital develop child-friendly treatments, ensuring that young patients can still feel like children, even during difficult times.
What’s inside an old laptop?
Curious about what materials (i.e., raw materials) are in an average laptop? In the overview below, we show you what’s inside an old laptop. About half of all materials from a laptop can be recovered. The old laptops are over 99% usefully applied. Some non-recyclable materials are burned to generate energy.
- Motherboard – 15.0%
- Screen – 29.0%
- CD Drive – 6.0%
- Aluminum – 2.0%
- Cable – 1.0%
- Battery (lithium-ion) – 13.0%
- Iron – 4.0%
- Hard drive – 1.0%
- Plastics – 29.0%