
What is the National Device Bank and How Does it Work?
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The National Device Bank is powered by the UK’s leading digital inclusion charity, Good Things Foundation and their exclusive technology
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The Service
A painless way to get rid of all of those devices gathering dust. RECONO.ME specialises in finding value in old and no-longer working devices. We repair ~75% of the devices we receive, a big number of which are donated laptops.
What we do
We’ve been developing a safe and sustainable way to recycle laptops. Our London-based technicians use specialised software to wipe clean data from your old laptops. They then repair, and upgrade where possible, whole devices, replacing worn components with new. Valuable components are also gleaned from otherwise defunct laptops. The entire process is zero waste to landfill.
The Service
Sometimes it’s hard to say good-bye… but it helps that RECONO.ME recycles select laptops for cash. We provide cash-back on MacBook Pro and Dell XPS models. We’ll be expanding this service in the coming months to other newer, higher-end laptop models.
What we do when you recycle your laptop:
We’ll send you an estimate of what we think your laptop is worth. Once we receive your laptop and check it over, we’ll transfer you the agreed amount. After that, your laptop goes through the same process as above, starting with data deletion.
When disposing of laptops means they’ll end up in landfills, incinerators, or exported illegally and processed by human hands under poor conditions. RECONO.ME recycles old laptops within the UK, reducing distances travelled, preventing harm to the environment and human health.
Get in touch if you’d like to learn more about our collections service or our laptop recycling programme.
Old tech. New beginning.
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