Our services to donors

Donate your superseded computer and laptop equipment to WorkVentures Connect IT, and we will dispose of it in a way that is environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and financially attractive.

Read our case study about The Westpac Group to find out about their support for Connect IT.  

Here's how we help companies and government departments with their computer and laptop disposal:

• We collect computers and laptops from all Australian capital city locations. Any regional collections are on an individual quote basis.
• We collect all IT equipment – whether or not it works properly or meets our minimum specifications.
• Collection from capital city locations is within five working days of notification.
• Minimum pickup quantity is 20 systems (or 40 items).
• All donated IT equipment must be disconnected and centrally located.
• Decommissioning of all IT equipment is done at our production sites – all drives are unconditionally low level formatted or physically destroyed.
• Collected equipment is refurbished where possible, or else recycled in line with best practice and environmental standards.
• Refurbished systems are cleaned to remove all company identification.
• WorkVentures emails a detailed asset listing within five working days of collection (10 days if items are not bar coded).
• WorkVentures provides annual confirmation of total number of units donated, the uses to which donated items were put (refurbished versus recycled), a breakdown of market segments where the refurbished units were sold (for example single parents, job seekers, disabled, seniors, other low income families, non-profits and schools etc), and where possible specific case studies showing social benefit from donated computers and laptops.
• WorkVentures works with donors to support promotion of their actions and achievements.

Our standard charges for performing these services are as follows:

• Computers and laptops meeting WorkVentures minimum specification of Pentium 4 will be collected, expertly decommissioned and then either refurbished or recycled for free.
• Items not meeting our minimum specification (below Pentium 4) will be charged on a cost recovery basis; although we are able to absorb reasonable costs depending on the quality of the overall donation and the percentage of sub Pentium 4 units collected. We aim to make IT disposal as cost effective as possible.

Assuming that the donated computers and laptops are wholly or primarily Pentium 4, then our services are free. At worst, there will be minimal costs involved to clear old IT equipment.

Note that where charges are required, we charge this work on an hourly rate basis covering vehicle and labour – this invariably works out significantly lower than commercial operators who typically charge on a per unit basis.