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Technology RE-USED in the local community

Unfortunately, due to a lack of funding FRP-REUSEiT will be closing in its current form on the 9th April 2009.

Computer donations;  Because of this from 5th March we are unable to accept any computer donations for reuse.

Computer requests made after the 5th March 2009 would not be completed before we close.
There may be some computers available after this date  and as such we will place your request on file and should we be in a position to help we will contact you via e-mail. 

Steve, Michael would like to thank all the volunteers, donators and customers without which this project would not have been such a success. 

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Founded on the 1/11/2004, FRP-REUSEiT is a computer reuse initiative based in Waltham Forest, operating in and around London.
We accept unwanted computers, printers and peripherals from individuals and companies, then in line with the WEEE & RoHS directives, we rebuild them and introduce them back into local Charities, Community Groups and Voluntary Organisations. 

In our first year we collected 120 computers, and reused 48 of them, to date we have received >1450 computers and reused >900 of these into >140  Charities, Community Groups and Voluntary Organisations, saving these groups over £400,000 had they purchased new equipment and software.

Our prime objective, with regard to the organisations we supply computers to, is that they are UK based (mainly in and around London) supporting local communities.

As well as receiving computers from individuals and many small companies we are also contracted by Hackney and Waltham Forest Councils to collect their old computer equipment, securely erase disks and distribute the machines they supply to local organisations.

As part of FRP, a not for profit social enterprise, we are also supported by many volunteers.  Some help us for the good of the local community, some come on Government funded work experience schemes and some just come because they like what we do and get to play with large amounts of computer equipment.  Many of the volunteers who come to us (to date there have been 51) are looking to gain work experience, either by being on a government scheme or volunteering independently.  11 volunteers have gone on to find full time employment.

Apart from refurbishing the computers, printers, scanners and all the odds and ends that come with a computer system, we have been trying to find alternative ways of reusing non refurbishable equipment. We have been turning non working scanners and printers into plant/seed trays. Also we have a number of artists that take components from the unusable kit and turn them into works of art. One of which featured in a Channel 4 production, called ‘Dumped’.

FRP-REUSEiT is a successful proactive computer recycling project that now supplies rebuilt PC within 4 weeks of a customer request.