Often overlooked but handling old electrical and electronic equipment is dangerous and needs to be handled by a specialist company such as Secure Data Recycling.

This excerpt from an section of the Health and Safety Executive’s website just shows the issue with Mercury….

“Mercury is used in fluorescent lamps, medical equipment, data transmission, telecommunications and mobile phones. Its use in electrical and electronic equipment has declined significantly in recent years and its use is banned (save certain exempt uses) from 2006. Apart from batteries, most other mercury containing items are likely to be found on a circuit board. Thus removing the circuit board would result in removal of most mercury containing competent such as switches”….click here to read the full text.

Secure Data Recycling operate within the HSE and WEEE guidelines, why expose your staff to an unnecessary risk?