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October Tech Amnesty: International E-Waste Day 2025
Access to donated laptops enables marginalised groups to connect online, apply for housing and financial aid, attend training, and access vital services; reducing digital exclusion and improving their quality of life.
With secure access to laptops, homeless individuals can apply for housing, jobs, and financial aid, access healthcare, and connect with support networks, helping them move toward stability and independence.
Laptops provide people in poverty with a gateway to education, job searches, housing applications, financial support, and healthcare, helping to break cycles of disadvantage and create new opportunities.
Adults gain digital access to training, employment opportunities, healthcare, housing applications, and financial aid, improving their wellbeing, independence, and ability to support their families.
For unemployed people, laptops open access to online training, job searches, and applications, while also providing tools for managing benefits, finances, and essential services needed to re-enter the workforce.
Children benefit through access to homework support, educational tools, safe online entertainment, and training resources, helping them keep up at school, develop digital skills, and build a brighter future.
By receiving secure, refurbished devices, charities and public bodies can better serve vulnerable groups, expand digital inclusion, reduce costs, and protect sensitive data while easing pressure on limited resources.
Donated laptops enhance community resilience by providing residents with access to education, employment opportunities, and essential services. Secure reuse prevents data leaks, reduces e-waste, and alleviates pressure on local support networks.
We collect unused laptops, saving them from entering landfill and contributing towards the E-waste crisis. For every 10 laptops reused and redistributed, we save the environment: 363 m³ of water, 259 kg of carbon, and 210 kg of chemicals.
No/weight of tech collected, data erased, reused or recycled
Oct 14 is International E-Waste Day. It's also the day that Microsoft ends support for Windows 10. 240 million devices are set to become obsolete overnight, joining the 100m+ devices already languishing unused in UK offices! Tech-Takeback's Tech Amnesty runs throughout October, providing businesses with a FREE secure collection and certified data erasure service for their unwanted tech. Instead of letting them go to waste, we'll put devices to good use tackling digital exclusion in the UK!
We're aiming to provide services to at least 50 SMEs
Reuse/recycling has CO2, H2O and critical resource benefits
10% of reused tech is donated to support digital inclusion
| Resource | Description | Quantity needed | When needed | How this donation supports the project (Enabling Actions or KPIs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICES | We need partners to help promote this campaign and raise awareness about the dangers of hoarded data-bearing technology. | Continue regular social media channel posts to sustain momentum and expand the campaign's outreach. | 31/10/2025 | Social media posting raises awareness, drives engagement, and encourages businesses to donate unused tech. |
| PRODUCTS | Donate your unwanted tech for certified data erasure, refurbishment and reuse to support digital inclusion. | As much as possible - let's work together to prevent reusable devices from ending up in landfill! | Flexible | Every device helps. Reusable tech will be sold for funds or donated to people in need. The rest is responsibly recycled. |
All devices tracked in warehouse, data-erasure certified; TOMS, HACT & LOOP measure impact.
Support for local community projects through donations