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Join usKeep in mind that before recycling, you should conduct an assets audit and see what can be re-used, re-conditionned and what has to be recycled.
See our solution above "Find a new usage" for charities and intermediates for equipments that can be re-used.
For the hardwares that have to be recycled, do not forget that Electronic waste requires to be segregated from other waste, collected and treated properly, because they contain up to 60 different elements including toxic ones (lead, cadmium, mercury but also PVC, brominated flame retardants...) and rare earth elements (Neodymium, Terbium, Dysprosium, etc.).
Source: IntechOpen
You can contract directly with a specialised recycler to dispose of your equipment or bring it back to your suppliers: under the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) on e-waste, suppliers of electronic goods must take back old products, and send them to a licensed recycler.
In case e-waste management falls under your building management's responsibility, talk with your building manager to ensure collection is properly done.
60,000 tonnes
of e-waste generated in SG per year, equivalent to discarding ~70 mobile phones per person!
(Towards Zero Waste)
190 Kg CO2e
avoided by extending the lifetime of a single computer and monitor from 4 to 6 years.
(University of Edinburgh)
Find the recycling plan relevant to your equipment:
You may see here details of some e-recycling companies in Singapore.
You have personal e-waste to discard? Here is a list of all collection points available in Singapore.
Since July 1st 2021, NEA appointed Alba as E-waste PRS operator. PRS stands for : Producer Responsiblity Schemes. The ALBA Group, formed in 1968, has been operating such Producer Responsibility Schemes in countries such as Germany and Hong Kong. Please find here more information about this scheme. For all regulated e-waste, with a volume above 1 m3, you can arrange for free collection by Alba E-Waste.
DataExpert Singapore is a professional digital forensics and information security company. They have a IT Disposal Service, a Licensed NEA e-Waste Disposal Facility.They provide products and services in the areas of data recovery, digital forensics, data analytics, and secure IT disposals.
Safe. Secure. Stewardship.
We offer e-waste recycling and data sanitization services to help clients dispose of them responsibly while keeping their data safe.
For e-waste recycling, our focus is on laptops, PC, servers, mobile and other ICT equipment.
We also offer secured consoles, paper shredding for confidential paper waste.
Metalo International has 10 years of experience in the electronic waste industry in Singapore.
They manage collection and trading of ferrous scrap metals, electrical components, electronics and other precious metals scrap. Besides, they also provide services to dismantle and dispose computer & other IT hardware and accessories (laptops, printers, monitors, used networking equipments, servers, etc.)
They have their own facilities to handle electronic waste or export to Thailand and Japan for refinery in an ethical way.
For individuals, they partner with Shell stations, to provide e-waste collection points for small devices. Click here to find one near your home.
TES is a trusted leader for technology deployment, recovery, remarketing, and recycling since 2005.
They provide IT Lifecycle Services, commissioning, deployment, retirement of Information Technology (IT) assets, refurbishing and remarketing of used technology assets to maximize cash recovery potential.
In March 2021, they opened a facility to recycle Lithium-ion batteries in Singapore, with a daily recycling capacity of up to 14 tonnes / day.
