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Used laptop vendors can dispose of all your used laptops either through refurbishment, using used laptops for parts, or through recycling. Used laptops that cannot be refurbished or used for parts are recycled.

Used Laptop Recycle Certificates

Vendors that buy used laptops offer recycle certificates that provide documentation of proof that your used laptops were recycled. Used Laptop Recycle Certificates are available upon request for your audit records.

Used Laptop Recycling Process

Used laptops that are not refurbished or used for parts are recycled through a professional partner recycling company. Once the units are received by the recycling company, the remaining components of the used laptop are dismantled to base components, such as, circuit boards, wire, metals, plastic and glass. The remaining components in the unit are sold or reused as parts, known as de-manufacturing and reclamation. If a component cannot be reused, the part is generally shredded or melted yielding commodity grade glass, plastic, copper, steel, aluminum, gold, silver, platinum, and palladium that can be used to manufacture new products.