Organisation
Community Techaid
Theme
Waste, consumption & food
Start Date
Jan 2021
End Date
Jan 2023
Goals
Waste
Community TechAid's mission is to repair, reuse and recycling of e-waste.
Taking in unused and unwanted devices including laptops, monitors, smartphones, tablets and computers and reusing them to pass back into the local community. Every device is reused where possible and harvested for spare parts including RAM, keys, drives etc. so that we can build a working device from the components of others. We promote the reuse of technology, encouraging businesses and the community to pass their equipment onto us rather than putting it in the bin. We also raise awareness of buying used and encourage all our partners to replace their tech with refurbished. We ensure anything we cannot use is fully recycled.
tonnes of e-waste reused, repaired and recycled
To date we have reused, repaired and recycled over 10 tonnes of e-waste and passed over 2500 devices into the hands of those who need them. We have been supported by over 7500 hours of volunteering helping to demystify repair and encourage our community to reuse where possible. We operate a community circular economy driven by the need to overcome digital exclusion and reduce the amount of waste we produce. We have drop points around Lambeth in cafes and libraries where people can drop their unused tech, providing safe and easy methods of reuse and repair.
