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The purpose of the TechReuse program is to collect donated computers and related IT equipment from government offices, corporations and individuals.  The collected equipment is then  refurbished and/or recycled by our staff and our volunteers in order to allow these items to experience a second life.  

  • TechReuse sources IT hardware from corporations, government offices, non-profit organizations and individuals. Over 100 organisations have donated computers since 2005.
  • We provide charity tax receipts to our donors.
  • TechReuse provides a convenient collection service.
  • TechReuse provides data wipe out services, testing, asset reporting, upgrading of hardware for re-use, a storage warehouse and safe disposal of non reusable equipment through our partners.
  • TechReuse redistributes refurbished computer systems to under-priviledged communities through our non-profit partners.  Over 2000 computers have been distributed since 2005.

 Special Services provided upon request:

Upon request, our donors will be provided with our hard drive data wipe out service by means of powerful and irreversible data destruction methods.  We use U.S. DoD 5220.22-M  methods in accordance with National data destruction standards:

  • U.S.: DoD 5220.22-M (Department of Defense)
  • U.S.: NAVSO P-5239-26 (RLL)
  • U.S.: NAVSO P-5239-26 (MFM)
  • German: VSITR
  • Russian: GOST P50739-95
  • Peter Gutmann's algorithm
  • Bruce Schneier's algorithm

Donations (link): Gathering used computers.

Individuals and organizations donate their used computers and laptops to TechReuse.

Volunteer:  Refurbish and Provide Quality Control

Our network of volunteers is what allows our process to work, they help us to organize, refurbish, and distribute our systems.

Partners - Distribution

Those who need computer systems are able to receive the computers through our community TechStore or our non-profit distribution patners.  Allowing our community to bridging the digital divide.

Sponsors:

Through partnerships and sponsorships with organizations and individuals, we are able to distribute computers either free or at low cost to those who need them most.