School Admin News

Last week I put to you a request from a reader of the Administrators and Bursars newsgroup for recommendations on where to go for free recycling of school electrical equipment.

The company which came out top from you was one which we have mentioned before on this newsgroup – PRM Green Technologies.  Here are some of your comments about them:

“We have just had a lot of ICT equipment picked up for recycling for free by PRM Green Technologies. Go to their website to see how much you need to have for them to pick up for free. They were very efficient.”

“We got excellent service, totally free from a very professional outfit called prmgreen technology.”

“We’ve used   PRM Green Technologies Ltd., who used to be “the great recycling shed in Cannock”, but they appear to have grown,  and moved to Rugeley.  They have a lovely green and orange(ish) web site – just put PRM Green into google and it shows lots of info about them and what they take etc.  Last time they came, we had to e-mail them a list of what we wanted to throw out, then they came back with a pick up day.  They seem pretty reliable, and take on the responsibility for correct disposal according to all the EU rules etc”

Other companies mentioned favourably by you were:

ReCover-IT seems to be mostly a free service but there can be a small charge in London, the South and Scotland.

ITR Recyclying – at the time of writing their website was down!

RefurbIT UK Ltd – I looked at their website and could not see any statement about free collection so there may be a charge involved with them.

Thank you as ever for your helpful feedback.
Tony Attwood
School of Educational Administration

There are three issues in getting rid of old IT equipment…

First, you’ll want to have it removed free of charge from your school.
Second, you’ll want to be assured that it is going to be treated in the most environmentally friendly way possible.
Third, you’ll also need to be assured that all the data on the drives will be wiped to the highest standards possible.
And that’s exactly what PRM Green Technologies does. Indeed we do it with not just computers but also screens, printers and other equipment too.

What’s more, all the equipment is then recycled and disposed of within the UK – all without any charge.

At the end of the process PRM issues you with free certification evidence so you can see that the correct procedures were complied with.

The only requirements we have are that you have at least 30 items to collect and that they are all gathered together in one easily accessible place for our driver.

We can take PC base units, CRT monitors, TFT monitors, servers, laptops, server racks, switches, telecom switches and printers, and as long as you have 30 of these items they will take away other IT equipment such as keyboards, cabling telecoms.

For more information please give me a call on 0800 840 9195 or fill in the form by clicking here www.prmgreentech.com/contact.htm.