WOOLSTON-based computer recycling company CRT UK has donated some laptops to a local charity, Warrington Disability Partnership (WDP).
The laptops will be used by clients of their New Leaf employment and training project, which the partnership runs with the Torus Foundation. The project is designed to help people with complex barriers get back into work.
Stephen Rakestraw, Managing Director of CRT UK, said: “We were approached by the New Leaf Project to provide some laptops for people who need them to apply for employment. As a responsible IT recycling company, we like to donate a proportion of laptops to local schools and charities. I met up with Lorraine Woolley, Employment Adviser at WDP, during the recent Disability Awareness Day and presented her with some refurbished laptops”.
Lorraine said: “The laptops will make a huge difference to the lives of our clients and will enable them to do courses and find jobs that are much needed. You have removed the barriers that stop them from doing the basic things needed to find work. The impact of your kind gesture is huge and will make a great difference to those who need them.”
CRT UK provides a free collection and certified data destruction service to businesses that are upgrading their IT equipment. They collect laptops, computers, monitors, servers, network equipmentand all of the associated ancillaries.
Stephen added: “Our first responsibility is to ensure that all data is properly destroyed, which is done by using specialist software or by removing the hard drive and destroying it. We then provide a detailed asset report and certificate of destruction. However, a lot of redundant IT equipment still has plenty of useful life in it, so it can then be reloaded and reused. If not, it is stripped down to its component parts for recycling.”
As businesses invest in the latest technology, the redundant IT is still useful to others. It makes sense to reuse rather than send to landfill. It also makes sense to use a Warrington company to recycle your IT rather than using one from out-of-town. Because we are local, we can provide a quick, efficient collection and data destruction service to Warrington businesses for free.
For more information, go to www.crtuk.co.uk
