Recycle

Cash Paid for Your Broken and unwanted Laptops  

SPB buy, recycle, refurbish and sell old and broken laptops, vastly extending the lifespan of consumer electronics, reducing landfill waste and bringing affordable computing to the local area. Not to mention paying you for what would otherwise be rubbish! help us help you and recycle! 

Data Protection and recovery

If we buy your laptop to recycle one of three things can happen to your hard disc drive. That’s the part of your laptop that contains all your stuff. 

Firstly we can remove it and offer you it back to do as you wish. We can even help you recover your data from it if requested. This is obviously the most secure method in terms of privacy as you retain the data completely. This can however affect the cash you receive. 

Secondly we can physically destroy the hard drive for you.  This currently consists of employing a very large hammer to shatter the hard drives' platters.  It is non-reversible and very final. 

The third method, if the hard drive passes our read, write and seek tests is to secure wipe it.  This overwrites the entire disk with one's and zero's multiple times which prevents specialist recovery software from working. This allows us to recycle more.

Battery Recycling

SPB are signed up with Batteryback who collect our batteries and recycle them. You can have a look at their website to see exactly what happens here http://www.batteryback.org/battery-recycling.html

F.A.Q.

I have been told my laptop is not fixable, what use is it to you?

In some cases this will be the case or more accurately it means it is cost prohibitive to fix. We recycle these laptops down for parts to use in others. This then enables us to offer more repairs and refurbish more laptops. If you are unsure or want a second opinion ask for a free diagnosis alongside our assess for purchase.

Why can't you assess my Laptop the same day? Must I leave it over night?

This is part of our due diligence in making sure what we are buying is actually owned by the person trying to sell us it.  We also need time to assess the laptop in order to offer a fair market price (Or in some cases a repair option.) 

What’s the oldest laptop you take?

We currently assess anything that has a Windows XP sticker or above.  If you are unsure bring it in and we can have a quick look at the counter.

My laptop is in bits, would you still look at it?

Definately. We are quietly proud of what we can refurbish, upgrade and offer a warranty on.

What is my laptop worth?

We pay anywhere between £10 - £100. We will advise you if we think you will get more selling it privately. This generally only applies if the laptop is in working order. You can also use it as credit against a repair, service or trade in. 

 Why Recycle?

http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/facts.html