Electronics, end of life. Beginning of value.
From a single laptop to an entire decommissioned data centre, we handle electronic waste with the same discipline: itemised, audited, and processed through certified downstream channels. Nothing dumped, nothing untracked.
What we accept
If it's electronic or contains a circuit board, it almost certainly belongs in our intake. Below is the breakdown of categories we routinely handle:
- IT & Office: desktops, laptops, workstations, servers, monitors, printers, copiers, scanners, UPS units
- Networking: switches, routers, firewalls, access points, structured cabling, patch panels, blade chassis
- Mobile & Telecoms: smartphones, tablets, feature phones, base station equipment, modems, GPS units
- Components: motherboards, RAM, CPUs, graphics cards, hard drives, SSDs, power supplies, optical drives
- PCBs by grade: high-yield (telecoms / server), mid-yield (consumer), low-yield (power / appliance)
- Cables & harnesses: copper data cable, coaxial, ribbon, power leads, structured network cable
- Displays: LCD & LED monitors and televisions, panel displays, digital signage
- Miscellaneous: point-of-sale terminals, ATMs, kiosks, broadcasting equipment, lab instruments
Not sure if we'll take it?
Email a photo and a rough description to info@ecrecycling.co.za and we'll tell you within one business day whether it fits one of our streams — and what it's likely worth.
How we grade & price
E-waste isn't one material. A modern server's main board is worth a great deal per kilogram; a microwave's control board isn't. Pricing reflects that reality.
Every incoming consignment is sorted into grade categories. Photos and weights are recorded against each grade. You receive an itemised breakdown before settlement — not a single lumped number for "scrap electronics."
- Whole units priced by type, age, and condition (laptops, servers, phones)
- PCB grades priced per kilogram, by yield class
- Component-level material (CPUs, RAM, GPUs) priced individually where it makes economic sense
- Mixed scrap (cables, mixed boards, shells) priced per kilogram by stream
Data destruction
Anything that has ever stored data — hard drives, SSDs, tapes, phones, copiers, even some printers — gets tagged for secure destruction the moment it arrives. Two options are available:
- Software wiping to NIST 800-88 / DoD-equivalent standards, with per-device certificates
- Physical destruction (shredding or punching) for high-security requirements, with serialised reporting
Either way, you get a certificate of destruction listing every device by serial number — the kind of documentation that holds up in an audit.
Corporate & volume programmes
For organisations replacing hardware at scale — IT refreshes, office moves, branch closures, fleet vehicle write-offs — we run scheduled collection programmes with consolidated reporting.
Whether you need a one-off uplift after a refresh or quarterly collections from multiple sites, the format is the same: confirmed pickup window, signed manifest, full report on completion.
Let's quote your e-waste.
Email a short description and, ideally, a few photos. We'll come back with indicative pricing within one business day.