What is WEEE recycling?
WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) covers any end-of-life device with a plug, battery or circuit board. UK WEEE regulations require it to be recycled through a licensed, properly documented route, not sent to landfill. We recycle your WEEE compliantly, reuse-first, and give you the evidence notes to prove it. We collect across England, Wales and Scotland, including WEEE collection for London businesses.
What we accept
We specialise in recycling and disposal of commercial IT and technology. If it has a plug, a battery or a circuit board, we’ll recycle it compliantly.
| Computing | Networking & Servers | Peripherals & Telecoms |
|---|---|---|
| Laptops & MacBooks | Rack & Blade Servers | Monitors (TFT/LCD/LED) |
| Desktop PCs & iMacs | Switches, Routers & Firewalls | VOIP & PBX Systems |
| Tablets & iPads | Storage Arrays (SAN/NAS) | Keyboards, Mice & Docking Stations |
| Workstations | UPS & Battery Backup Units | Printers, Scanners & Plotters |
Note: We focus exclusively on commercial IT waste. We do not accept office furniture or domestic appliances (white goods).
Choosing an IT recycling company
Searches for IT recycling companies and for WEEE recycling companies return the same suppliers, because the work is the same. What separates one IT recycling company from another is what it can prove rather than what it collects, so it is worth asking for the evidence before you compare prices.
Ask which carrier licence the company holds and whether it covers hazardous waste. Ask whether the staff who attend your site are vetted, and whether any part of the collection is subcontracted. Ask which sanitisation standard is applied to data-bearing equipment, whether you receive a certificate for what was destroyed, and whether you are issued evidence notes for the material recycled. Surplex UK Limited is an Environment Agency licensed carrier including hazardous waste, registered with the ICO and certified to ISO 14001:2015, and collection and destruction are carried out by our own BS 7858 vetted staff with no subcontractors.
Most customers find their collection is free. There is no minimum quantity, from a single laptop to an entire data centre. That is possible because we run an open-book value-offset model, where the value recovered from redundant equipment is set against the cost of collection, destruction and recycling. Where it does not cover the full cost, a small logistics and processing fee is payable, quoted upfront. Collections happen within the week, with vans working across Great Britain, and next day is possible for quick turnarounds.
Why Choose Surplex UK Limited?
The reclamation process
Our Reports
A complete, audit-ready trail – automatically every WEEE evidence note, asset report and carbon record is filed in your Surplex Portal as the job completes, available 24/7 and ready for audit.
Value-Offset Pricing
Most collections are free Our open-book value-offset model sets the value recovered from your equipment against the cost of collection and recycling, and there is no minimum quantity. Where the recovered value does not cover the work, a small logistics and processing fee is payable, quoted and agreed upfront.
Compliance automation, in one place
Every destruction and erasure record lands in the Surplex Portal — certificates, serial-level reports and ESG data, available 24/7 and ready for audit.
Regulatory compliance, handled
The 2026 waste rules in England and Wales place stricter segregation and reporting duties on businesses for their IT assets. Every collection we perform triggers a fully documented Duty of Care audit trail. If your compliance team needs precise technical classifications for sustainability reporting, see our engineer’s guide to EWC codes for IT assets. Our processes are mapped to international standards, mitigating corporate liability through certified downstream management — see our operational guide to ISO 14001 for corporate IT compliance.
Surplex UK Limited has been certified to ISO 14001:2015 since 2025, and reports the carbon impact of a collection through Carbon Snapshots, so a sustainability team gets Scope 3 figures rather than an assurance that something was recycled.
Compliance we can prove, not just promise
Every collection comes with a complete, audit-ready paper trail – certificates of data destruction, serial-level reporting, WEEE evidence notes and ESG data, all available in your portal. Our secure facilities include a BS EN 1143-1 rated strong room, and data is destroyed to NIST 800-88 standards. We’re ISO 14001 certified, ICO registered, an Environment Agency licensed waste carrier, and JOSCAR & FSQS registered.
Trusted in the sectors where compliance can’t slip
Surplex UK Limited works with organisations across sectors where a disposal mistake is public and costly, from defence and central government to the NHS. See how we handle it in yours.
How we recycle, and to which standards
Who we work with, and the licences we hold
Frequently asked questions
Insights into our technical reclamation and circular economy framework.
Navigating the complexities of WEEE compliance and the Global Circular Economy requires more than basic logistics; it requires technical precision. We have compiled strategic answers regarding our material reclamation processes, Scope 3 carbon reporting, and the Value-Offset funding model. Our goal is to provide the transparency and data your organisation requires to align technology disposal with modern ESG standards.
Surplex UK Limited produces a full audit trail for every collection, available at any time in the Surplex Portal.
- WEEE waste transfer notes, the legal proof of compliant disposal
- A certificate of destruction against each device serial number
- Asset inventory reports carrying make, model, serial number and specification
- Scope 3 carbon and landfill-diversion figures for your ESG reporting
Surplex UK Limited runs a remote recovery service. Vetted drivers visit the employee’s home address directly, rather than asking staff to find boxes and take items to a shop.
Secure transit cases are provided and the paperwork is completed at the door, so the chain of custody holds from the doorstep onwards.
Every asset that reaches the Surplex UK Limited facility is demanufactured into its core material streams, which means ferrous and non-ferrous metals, high-grade plastics, glass and circuit boards.
Downstream refiners are Environment Agency authorised and specialise in precious metal recovery, so the material returns to the supply chain and nothing is sent to landfill.
Yes. Every data-bearing component is segregated before any material recovery begins and held in the BS EN 1143-1 strong room.
Drives and solid-state media are either erased with Certus certified software or shredded to 6mm particles. You receive a certificate of destruction against each serial number before the raw materials are refined.
Components such as CPUs, RAM modules and GPUs hold significant value even when the machine around them does not.
Technicians at Surplex UK Limited harvest those parts, and the value recovered is what funds the collection, the hazardous waste handling and the certified disposal under the open-book value-offset model.
Usually nothing. Most customers find their collection is free, and there is no minimum quantity. Surplex UK Limited works on an open-book value-offset model, where the value recovered from your redundant equipment is set against the cost of collection, treatment and recycling. Where a load holds little recoverable value, a small logistics and processing fee is payable, quoted and agreed upfront. Zero-to-landfill treatment and the waste transfer documentation are included either way.
