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How to recycle your old computers?

Computers are nowadays essential work tools, no matter what field you practice in. Over time, they eventually degrade and are good to be thrown in the trash. However, in the name of environmental protection, a better solution exists and that is to recycle them. For this purpose, it is essential to know who can take over your old computer equipment and the procedure to follow. Below, we show you a way to bring your archaic computers up to date.

Calling on recycling professionals

To upgrade any of your computer equipment, the best option is to contact recycling experts. Our company Info Liquidation Recycle remains available for everything related to computer and electronic recycling .

Based in Montreal, we are a reference when it comes to the revaluation of old-fashioned computers. If you own one and it has deteriorated over time, you don’t need to put it in the trash. This equipment can still be used in the design of new electronic machines.

We take care of undoing each computer piece by piece in order to recover the raw materials that can be used again. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to throw away your machine when it is damaged or when it is too old to be refurbished.

As soon as it is unusable, make the right choice by seeking our services. We recycle all types of materials like laptops and desktops. If you have printers, phones or even CD players, we will be happy to take them back from you. Completely free of charge, you just have to contact us to benefit from our pick-up service.

Operating in Laval and on the North Shore, we will collect all the computer equipment that you deem unusable. No matter how many outdated products are at your disposal, we will get rid of everything in order to free up your space and allow you to acquire new-date computer equipment.

Clean the computer before throwing it away

Before recycling an old computer, it is important to clean it beforehand. This is to protect your personal data. To do this, there are different ways. You can remove the hard drive to reinstall it in another computer. Or, you can clean it with a specific computer program.

Another solution is to proceed with its destruction. If necessary, we are also specialists in the destruction of electronic equipment. We advise, however, a complete reset of it. Therefore, to get there, you must follow these steps: click on “reset this PC” to the right of the computer screen. Then, you have to click on the “start” button. Then, choose “delete all”. This allows a complete formatting of the hard drive.

After which, it will be necessary to click on “delete files and clean disk”. Finally, a message displaying “ready to reset this pc” will appear on the screen and there we click on “reset”.

After that, we can pick up the material when you have proceeded to fill out the application form. So, instead of throwing your computer in the garbage dumps, we can recover them for better use.

The computer recycling process

Once we have recovered all the computer equipment, we can now recycle it into the standards. To do this, we have at our disposal, machines specialized in the dismantling, shredding and grinding of electronic devices of all kinds.

Subsequently, we separate the materials with the intention of finding those that can be integrated into the manufacture of new objects. It can be cables, plastics or iron. These elements can be useful for making recent computers, bicycles or radiators. In any case, we rigorously ensure the sorting of parts.

As for the display screens, they are listed according to their type. Those who have a backlight lamp are the hardest to work. Among the components found inside these monitors is mercury which is harmful to humans and the environment. It is therefore important to extract and neutralize it effectively. To this end, our team is well qualified to do so. By way of illustration, it proceeds manually by using grinders that separate the powder containing mercury from the glass.

In fact, contact
Info Liquidation Recycle
for additional information on recycling your old computers.