One of the big problems with old IT equipment (computers, screens, printers, etc) is that some councils and other collection services either charge for taking the items away or insist that you deliver the equipment to their site.

I have spoken to a company – PRM Green Technologies – who will come to your school and collect your old IT equipment for recycling free of charge.The equipment is then recycled and disposed of within the UK – all without any charge. 

The drivers are CRB checked, and they even destroy all residual data on redundant media.  (Apparently there is an official standard known as DOD 5220.22-M to which they work.) 

As a result the school is completely covered under the Data Protection Act.At the end of the process PRM will issue you with free certification evidence so you can see that the correct procedures were complied with.

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

They 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 you can give them a call on 0800 840 9195, email them on recycle@prmgreentech.com or fill in the form by clicking here www.prmgreentech.com/contact.htm

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