Recycling your PC or Laptop?
Recycling your PC or laptop?
Are you considering recycling your Mac, laptop or PC? Well have a good think about it before you do.
Lots of major manufacturers are offering you free recycling for all types of hardware; they will send you a label and as long as it is properly packaged you can send it to them straight away.
But are there a few snags entangled in these services? Well with one you have to buy a new system from them which may or may not be a problem and it may be what attracted to them in the first place.
But what about your data? All those photos, letters, credit card numbers, passwords, customer lists, contracts? The list could go on forever but that’s not the point; what guarantee do you have that the drives on your machine will be wiped so that the data can never be seen again? What will happen to your drives if they are not wiped of all content and data? Will they be put into another system, an operating system put onto it and then sold on? Who will be looking at your data?
Then there is the subject of this free recycling; who is actually going to benefit from this service? We should be looking at re-use in place of recycling; what is the point of making a PC into a plant pot when it can still be used as a PC? Your hardware could benefit other people less fortunate than yourself but if you give it to a manufacturer dangling the lure of a free service where will it end up? We are not saying that these offers are not legitimate but you should investigate the process before making your decision. Will these companies make money from your generosity?
We at www.recyclemypc.co.uk can help you make the decision. We can tell you if your hardware has a residual value or not. If you want the value passed onto a specific charity or initiative we can help with this from start to finish. Asset management on a personal or business footing is our speciality combined with our social enterprise for employment and training can make your redundant hardware valuable for a long, long time to come. For a professional service with a down to earth attitude call 0800 877 8443 today.
Are you considering recycling your Mac, laptop or PC? Well have a good think about it before you do.
Lots of major manufacturers are offering you free recycling for all types of hardware; they will send you a label and as long as it is properly packaged you can send it to them straight away.
But are there a few snags entangled in these services? Well with one you have to buy a new system from them which may or may not be a problem and it may be what attracted to them in the first place.
But what about your data? All those photos, letters, credit card numbers, passwords, customer lists, contracts? The list could go on forever but that’s not the point; what guarantee do you have that the drives on your machine will be wiped so that the data can never be seen again? What will happen to your drives if they are not wiped of all content and data? Will they be put into another system, an operating system put onto it and then sold on? Who will be looking at your data?
Then there is the subject of this free recycling; who is actually going to benefit from this service? We should be looking at re-use in place of recycling; what is the point of making a PC into a plant pot when it can still be used as a PC? Your hardware could benefit other people less fortunate than yourself but if you give it to a manufacturer dangling the lure of a free service where will it end up? We are not saying that these offers are not legitimate but you should investigate the process before making your decision. Will these companies make money from your generosity?
We at www.recyclemypc.co.uk can help you make the decision. We can tell you if your hardware has a residual value or not. If you want the value passed onto a specific charity or initiative we can help with this from start to finish. Asset management on a personal or business footing is our speciality combined with our social enterprise for employment and training can make your redundant hardware valuable for a long, long time to come. For a professional service with a down to earth attitude call 0800 877 8443 today.
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