How to Prepare for Your Recycling Pickup
A few simple steps help keep your data secure, protect the environment and ensure your devices can be reused or recycled responsibly.
Preparing for your pickup is easy...
Check What We Take
Please check our FAQ that we can take your items using our main list below. Homes need at least one item from it.
Box or Bag
Place small items like cameras or mobiles in a box or ordinary bag. Desktops or amplifiers can be left out.
Wipe Your Items Clean
Wipe off any dirt, bugs or webs from your items. We handle items by hand, so please keep them clean.
Place Items Outside
Place items on your front doorstep, under cover on your property. We don't collect items left on the street or verge.
Unlock or Reset Devices
Erase your devices and sign out of cloud accounts if you can. This helps them be reused. If you can't, we'll handle them securely.
Look For Other Items
Have old cables or other stuff cluttering your cupboard or bottom drawer? It might be a good time for a clean out.
Important: Please remove plastic wrapping and Styrofoam
Take items out of their original boxes, plastic wrapping and packaging, especially the little plastic bags on cords or cables. Please don't leave each device in its own product box. Ordinary boxes and bags are fine for grouping several items together, but we don't collect packaging and may leave them behind. We get thousands of items each week so unwrapping them would take days. Thank you!
Quick FAQ
For Film or X-rays
Remove all reports, CDs or other papers from the folder. Group all X-rays in one or a few folders or in another bag. We will leave the folders as we do not recycle paper.
Do I need to drill my hard drive to protect the data?
Please don't drill or physically damage hard drives before collection. Reusable drives may be securely wiped and reused; drives that can't be reused are physically destroyed through the smelting and material-recovery process.
Have more items than you originally booked?
No problem! Feel free to add anything from our list. If it ends up being 1/4 of a van load or more, text us on 0480 616 800 or email support@whirlrecycling.com to let us know.
We Reuse and Recycle:
Tech
Laptops, desktops, iPads, tablets, servers, switches, iPhones, Android, routers, modems, set-top boxes, SCADA, GPS, IP Phones, controllers, WiFi, NAS
Home Gear
Game Boys, Xbox, Wii, Nintendo, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, vintage Game handhelds, Nintendo Game and Watch, computer games, accessories
Entertainment
Cameras, lenses, camera gear, camcorders, stereos, CD players, DVD players, video players, amplifiers, tuners, receivers, turntables, Bakelite radios
Parts
GPU, CPU, RAM, shielded RAM, motherboards, server board, hard drives, disk drives, heat sinks, BGA chips, brown/power board, control and logic boards