starscream Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Ok I have been reading in this WEEE stuff and have come to the conclusion that companies supplying WEEE should take the same amount of kit back for free? Is this correct? Also if this is not correct and/or to dispose of additional equipment you have to pay a company. I am looking for the quickest, cheapest and painless way to dispose of old monitors and base units, keyboards and mice. I have found a local company that can take the stuff away for £5.99 per item, so thats £5.99 a monitor, £5.99 a base unit, £5.99 a box of cables and strangely £5.99 for a keyboard and £5.99 for a mouse! So I was going to hold onto keyboards and mice for now as they take up less space. If 5.99 for each of the bulky items a good deal? Will I be wasting tax payers money going for it or should I look around some more? I don't have the time to start sending equipment to companies we bought new stuff from as we have used several. I also don't have time to check computers over to send them to computer aid or another similar charity. It would also cost us a lot on shipping. So do I cough up the 5.99 per item, including 5.99 for old projector lamps and laser printers or is there another solution? I wan't it to be cost effective whilst not taking up my time as my time is money too so what goes around comes around really. I have read some threads on WEEE before but I don't know if anyone mentioned the costs or what they have actually done themselves. A lot of it seems what people 'think' or 'know' not what they have experienced first hand. Oh and we are givingsome old equipment away to other schools and staff. Should I get them to sign something with the item serial number on as if they get rid of it irresponsibly in future then the SMART WATER on the items may bring them back to school and we might get fined for it! I was to completely sign out any equipment that leaves schools so it is no longer the school's responsibility. Cheers all! John
thom Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I would also be interested in this We are replacing 100 PCs over the summer and need the old ones to be securely disposed of. My Site Agent believes that the company supplying any WEEE items should unpack the new kit and take away the old stuff and packaging free of charge. This sounds too good to be true. I just sent an e-mail to the company we are buying from but if they should be doing it free it would be great if I could point them in the right are of legislation.
Jake Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 It doesnt necessarily have to be free, they can charge you (if they are collecting from you, rather than you taking it to them), but they can only charge you for the "logistical" costs involved. ie. courier costs. Not on the same scale, but as an example, I recently had a new cooker delivered, and the company took away my old cooker under WEEE (I hadnt bought the old cooker from them), they basically charged me 4 quid for the costs incurred in the collection and courier of the old cooker.
ICT_GUY Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Private car to the tip. Takes a while but it's a jolly out of the office.
enjay Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 The supplier of your new kit is required to offer to take an equal amount of stuff away so long as it is a like-for-like replacements (exact definition of that phrase has proved elusive though!). They can charge for this, but only to cover the logistical costs, so £50 for the courier or whatever. For the rest of the stuff then sadly £5.99 per PC isn't an unreasonable price. Box the keyboards and mice up and send them off to Computer Aid, though.
mrforgetful Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Keep the keyboards to fix damaged ones. Our mice seem to run away into the bins on a night.... Base Units and Monitors? The odd one tends to be given to caretakers to dispose of, last time we had a lot we gave them to charity.
siuko Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 You may also want to check with your Local Authority IT department to see if they have something already setup for this. I know Derby City do - and take many things off us such as computers, monitors, printers etc.... And its probably a rule that says LA's need to do this - (who knows) Worth a try
garthsmojo Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 There are lots of companies / charity groups that take your items for free. We use a company called LCWS who turn up on time and there is a no hassle service. They technically buy the equipment off you by donating £5.00 for every collection to charity on your behalf. They provide all the paper work you need for weee, rohas and end of life responsiblity. All in all a good service and at no cost to us.
mrforgetful Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Our last lot were so old they didn't meet the minimum requirements for even Oxfam.
enjay Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Our last lot were so old they didn't meet the minimum requirements for even Oxfam. Same here - if the PCs were of suitable spec for Oxfam/Computer Aid/etc, then we wouldn't be getting rid of them!
garthsmojo Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 LCWS dont seem to care how old the items are. From what i understand they have a training scheme where yts people take the older machines apart and recycle the metal, plastic, and circuit boards.
sidewinder Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 £5.99 seems about right We've been quoted £230ish for disposal of 17 CRTs and 17 towers by a company called Midex. However they go on weight, so if we added keyboards it wouldnt cost as much as adding monitors Its a lot of money but we've just told SMT that when they want new equipment they'll have to start factoring in disposal costs Luckily as our school seems to have a ridiculous amount of money, the machines we are getting rid of are stuff like 2.8Ghz P4's, which local primary schools fall over themselves to take off us. We've even got to the stage where we are giving TFT's away - ridiculous For the odd really old machine we just take a trip to the recycling skip at the tip every now and again
meastaugh1 Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Its a lot of money but we've just told SMT that when they want new equipment they'll have to start factoring in disposal costs Sorry if I'm missing something, but why not get the manufacturer/distributor to collect it. If anything you should only pay an admin/logistical fee? no?
mrtechsystems Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Hi ppl I use a company called MJK recycling in North Yorkshire Free Pick and even get the paper work with the serial numbers on it Brilliant
john Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Luckily as our school seems to have a ridiculous amount of money, the machines we are getting rid of are stuff like 2.8Ghz P4's, which local primary schools fall over themselves to take off us. We've even got to the stage where we are giving TFT's away - ridiculous Wow, I'm coming to raid your skip, you can keep the HDDs with your confidential data on them, im just after the rest of the kit, I will take it away at no cost to you as my local charities could use that.
sidewinder Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Wow, I'm coming to raid your skip, you can keep the HDDs with your confidential data on them, im just after the rest of the kit, I will take it away at no cost to you as my local charities could use that. lol believe me none of it ends up in the skip. Most does go to local schools or just people who are after PC's. If there is any leftover in future though I will let you know Sorry if I'm missing something, but why not get the manufacturer/distributor to collect it. If anything you should only pay an admin/logistical fee? no? Have to be honest I wasnt aware you could do that until I read this thread. I mean I know manufacturers are supposed to do it but I thought they would refuse if it wasnt old kit made by them. In future we will try that
john Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 If HP sell you a new PC to replace an existing one I thought they had to take 1 PC away be it a HP or a DIY built one
strawberry Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 blimey side winder, if you want to get rid of any of any more stuff were just down the road and would love some slightly older stuff as we only have 2 generations of pcs at the moment .
garthsmojo Posted August 4, 2007 Posted August 4, 2007 If HP sell you a new PC to replace an existing one I thought they had to take 1 PC away be it a HP or a DIY built one This is true if you are an home user, but it does not apply to buisness to buisness. The manufacturer can charge for the disposal service. Some compaines like Dell don't but others will charge up to £35.00 per system so its worth asking before ordering new kit. There are plenty of free disposal services around the country, we use LCWS and have had a good service.
Ste_Harve Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Well i've just got rid of nearly 90 seven year old systems using LCWS. These were efficient, collected free and were done in about half hour. Looked into other places and a lot were saying £5 per crt, £3 per base unit so it would have cost us a lot to dispose of our old kit. I'll be using LCWS probably before the end of the hols as i've still got kit to get rid off.
ChrisH Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Well i've just got rid of nearly 90 seven year old systems using LCWS. These were efficient, collected free and were done in about half hour. Looked into other places and a lot were saying £5 per crt, £3 per base unit so it would have cost us a lot to dispose of our old kit. I'll be using LCWS probably before the end of the hols as i've still got kit to get rid off. Yup they took loads of my stuff away no problem. Got my paperwork through the post about a week after.
bishopsgarthstockton Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 can anyone recommend a free service in the north east uk. cheers
garthsmojo Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 can anyone recommend a free service in the north east uk. cheers give the guys at lcws a ring on 01254 726303. They cover most of the North of the country as well as major cities like London, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Sylv3r Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 can anyone recommend a free service in the north east uk. cheers give the guys at lcws a ring on 01254 726303. They cover most of the North of the country as well as major cities like London, Edinburgh and Glasgow. We have used http://www.recycle-it.ltd.uk/ on 3 occasions and will probably be using them again come September - they have never charged us in the past. BTW @garthsmojo: Are you sure you are not affiliated with this company in any way? Of all your posts they all give a mention to lcws.
Ric_ Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 @garthsmojo: Are you sure you are not affiliated with this company in any way? Of all your posts they all give a mention to lcws. He has been PMed already! If I do not receive a satisfactory reply, the posts will be removed and the account suspended. Spam will NOT be tolerated.
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