Established in 2012, Tshwane e-Waste Company came to life as a recycler and refurbisher of redundant electronic and electric equipment. As technology progresses we all gather electronic waste. From dead fridges to cellphones and even the old big CRT screen and PII stored in the back of the garage. We all realise that some of the goodies inside these machines must come from somewhere deep underground with huge diesel drinking machines digging them out from the depth of the earths bellow. Melting the ore down with Eskom's last drops of power and sending it off to China bringing back nice iPhones and Dell laptops in nice boxes with shiny new operating systems to keep you out of the banks long queues or to spare you from the mind numbing advertisements to pay your TV licence.
To short-circuit the whole process one can consider the advantages of recycling your e-waste. Even better your company's or government department. Recycling is the mining of the future and the ore is the stuff you don't want any more. We all see how productive the "trolley guys " clean the PET, cardboard and cans in our neighbourhoods saving the earth tones of CO2 gasses etc. E-waste is a bit more complicated as there are hazardous substances in these obsolete marvels of technology. Tshwane e-Waste Company makes a profit by stripping down the equipment and sending the steel and raw materials back to be reprocessed in the main manufacturing stream. Some components are shipped to Europe for processing and unfortunately a small percentage go to landfill or hazardous waste disposal. http://www.tshwane-ewaste.co.za/services/
The whole process employs people and gives you the opportunity to get rid of your e-waste. Tshwane e-Waste Company offers cash for your scrap items but as with the mining business you need a lot of ore to make a bit of gold. It pays about R500 for half a bakkie full of printers, R300 for a car's boot full of old PCs, maybe R30 for a dead fridge and R100 for half a shoebox of ram. To collect enough computer motherboards for a gold wedding band three bakkies full would do. But there will be a surplus of palladium radium silver and tantalum. Oh and don't forget the rhodium. It will collect e-waste from your premises should it be more than a bakkie load. It also does collection trips in business parks and place bins in schools and businesses. Price list url http://www.tshwane-ewaste.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Tshwane-eWaste-Co_Pricelist_-2017.pdf
What then with the electronic stuff which reaches the end of its coolness date? Or the machines growing in the corporate store room and the end of warranty equipment? http://www.tshwane-ewaste.co.za/corporate-2/ It buys the useful computer equipment and refurbish it to resell in the market. Tshwane e-Waste Company offers piles of cash for the seemingly useless IT equipment. Just contact it and it will give you a great offer. It does data destruction if required and offers a destruction certificate.
Reduce re-use recycling. The 3 R's of responsible living on earth - it can help with re-use and recycle.
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