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About Us
Probably one of the most successful Social Enterprises in Yorkshire
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Airedale Computer Recycling
This innovative and multi award winning social enterprise is based in Airedale, Castleford, West Yorkshire and was started in December 2001 as a means to retrain long-term unemployed people and return them into the job market.
Awards
We have won several environmental awards, a few social enterprise awards, a regeneration award, a couple of community awards, numerous business awards, a very prestigious award for excellence in recycling and one final award of appreciation for our charitable work. Click here to read more...
Recycling and disposal
We provide a much needed I.T. refurbishing, recycling and ethical disposal service to two Local Authorities, all of Yorkshires emergency Services, several NHS, PCT's and many businesses throughout the area to help them to meet their legal and social responsibilities within the framework of the European (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) WEEE Directives. We provide a similar service to local residents and small traders. Click here to read more....
Data Security
We also provide data security and data sanitization to the highly regarded American DOD standard on all equipment we take in. Any hard drives not being reused are put through a drivebuster to physically destroy them. Click here to read more....
Zero Landfill
Our aim is to keep 100% of this equipment out of our landfills and make much of it available for reuse in our communities. In doing so, we help to save on natural resources and reduce carbon emmissions. We have recently implemented ZERO LANDFILL policies.and our energetic and innovative approach to the handling of WEEE allows our clients to demonstrate overall re-use & recycling rates for WEEE in excess of 96% Click here to read more...
Training
We use this equipment for vocational retraining of long-term unemployed, disabled or disadvantaged people. We provide volunteers and college students with hands-on practical training towards their IT qualifications. We also provide many much sought after work experience placements for all our local schools. Click here to read more...
Free Computers
Many refurbished computers are made available free of charge to local charities, social enterprise, voluntary organisations and other good causes especially involving children. We maintain a wall-of-fame in our Airedale shop featuring many of the good causes we have helped. Click here to read more...
Low Cost Computers
Many computers are made available at low cost into the local community, either through our two local retail shops or from our website shop and ebay shop. Many computers go to other traders helping to sustain employment of staff and thereby the local economy. Click here to read more...
Repairs
We provide a repair service (often free of charge for good causes) where a full format and reinstall costs only £35. Virus removal from aslittle as £20. Click here to read more...
Hosted Visits
We host visits from all over the world by people who come here to learn about computer recycling or just about running very successful social enterprise. Many similar operations have begun after visits to our facility. Click here to read more...
Conference Speaker
Development Manager Keith Sorrell is an experienced speaker for conferences and workshops on WEEE standards, computer recycling, regional networking and promoting social enterprise both for Airedale Computer Recycling and the Regional Electronics Initiative (REI). Click here to read more...
Chairing the REI
We are founding members of the Regional Electronics Initiative and Keith serves as its Chairperson. The REI is an accredited network of 12 similar facilities from Yorkshire & The Humber, who share best practise and resources and all work to a common Code of Conduct. Click here to read more...
Mentoring
Keith has provided some mentoring of businesses for BusinessLink where he visits businesses and provides guidance and advice. Click here to read more...
Shows and exhibitions
Keith attends and exhibits at shows for Yorkshire businesses, local authorities and organisations who are dedicated to waste reduction and social value. Yorkshire Business Market 2009 video clip
Waste
Our downstream service partners are selected from their particular fields of speciality to ensure maximum recycling rates for all equipment channelled into materials reclamation
Yorkshire TV Adverts
We have made 2 television adverts to increase brand awareness in Yorkshire. The first aired in 2007 and the second which added a small segment about our sister Social Enterprise, Airedale Car Clinic in 2008.
As seen on Yorkshire Television 2007.
As seen on Yorkshire Television 2008
BBC News
When the United Nations put a call out for the world to recycle computers to save on landfill and resources, the BBC news team came to us for a reply from the industry. Breakfast News Jules Botfield looked into this. She was at Airedale Computer Recycling in West Yorkshire. Jules spoke to Jamie Spall, from Airedale Computer Recycling and Simon Bowens from Friends of the Earth.
As seen on BBC Breakfast News
Microsoft Registered Refurbisher
Airedale Computer Recycling is one of only a few Microsoft Registered Refurbishing Organisations within West Yorkshire. We are registered with Microsoft under their refurbisher programme to supply Microsoft Windows licenses on low cost computers to Eligible Charitable Organisations, Eligible Academic Users, and other Specially Approved Recipients. Click here to read more...
ICER Accreditations
We are one of a small handful of refurbishers in Yorkshire that achieved ICER accreditation (Industry Council for Electronics Recycling) the industry’s highest accolade at the time. Click here to read more...
Environment Agency Licensing
We hold EA Waste Carriers, Transporters, Dealers & Brokers Exemptions. We have EA Paragraph 40 Refurbishers Exemption Click here to read more
We have EA hazardous waste premises registration. We adhere to Environment Agency Hazardous Waste Consignment Note Regulations and provide all the required documentation for our clients to ensure their compliance with the WEEE Directives and Duty of Care Regulations. Click here to read more...
Expansion of Business
We are constantly looking to expand the reach of what we do and despite the recession we took the major step into town centre retail premises in November 2009. We are on one of the busiest streets in Castleford and directly facing the street where the proposed new bus/train station will emerge. Click here to read more...
Charity
And if all that wasn't enough, all our profits go to the registered charity Chrysalis Youth & Community Project to help them achieve their aims of providing an alternative education system for dissafected or excluded young people. Many of whom can gain nationally recognised OCN qualifications in Motor Vehicle Maintenance or in Building & Construction and go on to be a productive member of society. Click here to read more...
The real measure of success in social enterprise is knowing that, just maybe, you really have made a difference.
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