Address
Elma Road, Cheltenham Victoria 3192, Australia
B2C Community IT Recyclers is a ‘social enterprise’ of The WERX Foundation Inc, a non-for-profit charity that is focussed on the recycling and refurbishment of donated, discarded or unwanted IT goods, and their re-marketing and re-deployment through its IT projects into communities in need.
As a community enterprise, we offer work skills and training to people marginalised by disability but seeking to become job-ready, as well as volunteer opportunities for people seeking work experience. Our teams work with unwanted IT goods donated through businesses, and refurbishing these to provide valuable low-cost IT resources for agencies supporting disadvantaged people in our community.
B2C handles the collection and processing of all forms of e-waste and redundant IT equipment. We recycle regardless of age, specification or condition (working, non working includinfg the following:
E-Waste Recycling – AS/NZS 5377 IS0 14001
B2C use the services of an ISO & AS/NZS endorsed company for the recycling of our e-waste. We can therefore ensure you any of the e-waste resulting from the equipment you donate will be recycled in a secure ethical, environmentally and cost effective way.
The Team
We (our dedicated team of volunteers, employees and trainees) work hard to prevent large scale redundant IT equipment, as well as domestic e-waste from entering our landfills. We clean, data-wipe and repair donated equipment so it can be transformed from waste to valuable resources for communities in need. Your donation is our livelihood. We do not receive government funding. We are a self-funded recycling charity that is only able to achieve this unmatched social and environmental contribution through your donation of redundant IT equipment.
The WERX Foundation is a registered not for profit organisation that has Deductible Gift Recipient registration with the Australian Taxation Office (ABN: 51299267395). Any financial donations over $2 to the organisation can be tax deductible.
In 2019 B2C diverted over 65,000 kg of e-waste from landfill
Elma Road, Cheltenham Victoria 3192, Australia
Elma Road, Cheltenham Victoria 3192, Australia
Monday
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Tuesday
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Wednesday
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Friday
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
April 20, 2021 3:05 pm local time
B2C Community IT Recyclers uses a multi-step data erasure process to remove all traces of ownership from your e-waste or redundant IT equipment. We ensure your organisation or personal data remains secure.
Whether you are an individual seeking to dispose responsibly of your home or office PC, a business with significant IT equipment, or large government or corporate institution seeking to manage redundant IT equipment, we focus firstly on data security and erasure. We protect your data through either hard disk destruction or data erasure techniques that are ‘world class’, certified and recognised for their effectiveness.
Certificate of Recycling and Data Destruction
We offer a General Certificate of Recycling and Data Destruction upon request for any collections we have undertaken. This certificate covers the basic number and type of items collected. A more detailed certificate outlining serial no’s asset tags or any other details can be available upon request and may require some costs. ( see below)
SECURE DATA ERASURE
If the integrity of the HDD is sound it will be wiped using one of two processes.
E-Waste Recycling – AS/NZS 5377 IS0 14001
B2C use the services of an ISO & AS/NZS endorsed company for the recycling of our e-waste. We can therefore ensure you any of the e-waste resulting from the equipment you donate will be recycled in a secure ethical, environmentally and cost effective way.