Some of it we take for free. Some of it costs money to get rid of.
Computers, servers and network gear have resale or scrap value, so hauling them away pays for itself and we don't charge you. Screens, printers and batteries have no value and cost us money to process at a certified facility, so those carry a per-item fee. Most recyclers advertise everything free and then re-quote you at the dock. Here's the actual split, before we roll a truck.
- Desktops & all-in-ones
- Laptops & notebooks
- Servers, blades & chassis
- Switches, routers, firewalls, APs
- Hard drives, SSDs, NAS & SAN
- Phones, tablets & thin clients
- RAM, CPUs, GPUs & add-in cards
- Structured cabling & patch panels
- Racks, rails & PDUs
- CRT monitors & tube televisions $25 each
- Laser printers, copiers, plotters $20 each
- LCD monitors, under 10 units $8 each
- UPS units with lead-acid batteries $15 each
- Loose alkaline & lithium batteries $2 each
- Residential single-item drop-off $35 each
- Non-IT appliances & microwaves $30 each
Data destruction is separate, and applies to any device that ever
held data - including the free-column ones.
Wipe to NIST 800-88 · $6 per drive
| On-site shred · $12 per drive
| Signed certificate and full serial log included with both.
What a real invoice looks like.
A twelve-person insurance office closing a satellite branch. Everything in the free column comes out at no charge - you're paying for the two old CRTs, the copier, and destroying the drives.
- 14 × desktops and laptops - no charge
- 1 × server, 2 × switches - no charge
- 2 × CRT monitors - $50
- 1 × copier - $20
- 17 × drive wipes with certificate - $102
Total: $172, quoted before we arrive, and it doesn't move. Without the data destruction it would be $70.