Maximize value from retiring IT equipment with environmentally responsible solutions. Let us help you to consider environmental and financial factors and find the best solution!

We undertake physical hard drive destruction with before/after images, video proof and destruction certificates ensuring complete data security and compliance.

URAD-SA offers hands-on solutions to organizations that require the safe disposal of their defective electronic waste, on-site collection and fair assessment for data centres, warehouses and IT room clean out.

Secure server room decommissioning with full compliance and data tracking.

We offer fair market value for end-of-life IT equipment as well as motherboards offering Competitive cash rebates from high-quality A+ boards to lower grades.

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Consumers today revolve around technology and by the constant need for the newest and most high-tech products we are contributing to a mass amount of e-waste. Since the invention of the iPhone, cell phones have become the top source of e-waste products because they are not made to last more than two years.

When improperly disposed of, the heavy metals, plastics and glass in e-waste can pollute the air or seep into waterways. Recycling e-waste can significantly decrease the demand for mining heavy metals and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing virgin materials. Electrical waste contains hazardous but also valuable and scarce materials and up to 60 elements can be found in complex elections. When e-waste is tossed into landfills, these chemicals leach into the soil, polluting the ground water as well as the air.

With recycling, a substantial portion of our waste can be broken down into their original elements and be used to produce new materials. In this way, we can reduce the harmful waste we discard into the environment. Besides the environmental reasons for recycling, there are also other reasons why recycling is important. Recycling contributes to the economy! This is because recycling conserves resources and saves money, creates jobs and even generates revenue!

Recycling is considered environmentally friendly because it prevents hazardous waste, including heavy metals and carcinogens, from entering the atmosphere, landfill or waterways. While electronics consist a small fraction of total waste generated, they are far more dangerous. There is stringent legislation designed to enforce and encourage the sustainable disposal of appliances and equipment, the most notable being in accordance with The National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998) (NEMA) and The Occupational Health and Safety Act (Act 85 of 1993) (OHSA)

As mentioned, electronic waste contains toxic components that are dangerous to human health, such as mercury, lead, cadmium, polybrominated flame retardants, barium and lithium. The negative health effects of these toxins on humans include brain, heart, liver, kidney and skeletal system damage.

The pollution of soil, water, and air by e-waste also pose a threat to human beings. Soil and water pollution can compromise the food chain, leading to a variety of neurological and organ problems. The dioxins released by burning e-waste can contribute to numerous health issues, including: reproductive problems.

You should know that e-waste is quite crucial because electronics have a short useful life. As such, they become electronic waste at a swift pace. E-waste recycling is one of the most talked-about issues in the world today due to its potentials to reduce environmental hazards and pollution. There is also the fact that it can protect our lives as humans and other life forms existing in our world. E-waste recycling is the reuse and reprocessing of electrical and electronic equipment of any type that has been discarded or regarded as obsolete. Recycling of e-waste is a growing trend and was initiated to protect human and environmental health mainly due to the widespread environmental pollution impacts of e-waste.