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Electronic Recycling Association · Australia

Old tech.
New lives.

Since 2004, the ERA network has turned retired technology into opportunity across five continents — now in Australia. Secure IT asset disposition, data destruction and technology donations that create measurable community value.

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Trusted by businesses, government & communities for over 20 years — across five continents.

  • Secure
    data destruction
  • Environmentally
    responsible
  • Australia-wide
    service
  • Certified
    & compliant

What we do

Practical services with a purpose.

IT asset disposition

Secure pickup, inventory, tracking and reporting for businesses and organisations.

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Data destruction

On-site shredding or secure data wiping with certificates and serial number reporting.

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Electronics recycling

Responsible recycling that keeps e-waste out of landfill — including free mail-back shipping labels for residents and remote workers Australia-wide.

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Technology donations

We refurbish and donate technology to schools, not-for-profits and individuals in need.

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More than recycling

We create opportunity.

11,400+ devices donated across our network since 2018
~900 more devices placed in the first five months of 2026
500+ charities, schools and not-for-profits supported
1,000+ organisations on our donation waitlist
Students celebrating with donated ERA laptops

Community events

Host a free electronics recycling & shredding event.

  • ✓ Free hard-drive shredding — normally a paid service
  • ✓ Free mobile shredder on site, at no cost to you
  • ✓ Community engagement & ESG impact
  • ✓ Easy to organise — we handle the details
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Crowd dropping off electronics at a free ERA community recycling event

Student & community programs

Devices are just the start.

Student holding a donated ERA laptop

Scholarship program

Supporting students with refurbished computers and education-focused donations.

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Student building a PC at an ERA workshop

Parts to PC program

Hands-on computer building workshops for youth to learn, build and give back.

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Madagascar students receiving donated ERA technology

International donations

Providing technology to schools and communities around the world.

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For businesses & IT leaders

Your data protected. Your impact measured.

Certified physical and digital data destruction with full chain-of-custody — protecting your data, your compliance posture, and your community impact in a single workflow.

  • R2v3 — Responsible Recycling
  • ISO 9001 — Quality Management
  • ISO 14001 — Environmental Management
  • ISO 45001 — Health & Safety
  • ISO 27001 — Information Security
Server racks ready for secure ITAD processing

Our global network

One device here. Opportunity somewhere in the world.

For more than 20 years, ERA has kept technology in use across five continents. Australia doesn’t just benefit from this network — it feeds it, collecting equipment that becomes opportunity for a student, a charity, or a community somewhere in the world.

20+Years
5Continents
8+Countries reached
19Cities

Australia new

  • Sydney · facility
  • Melbourne · pickups
  • Brisbane · pickups

Canada

  • Vancouver
  • Edmonton
  • Calgary
  • Saskatoon
  • Winnipeg
  • Ottawa
  • Toronto
  • Montreal
  • Halifax

United States

  • Fort Lauderdale · warehouse
  • West Palm Beach · warehouse
  • Chicago
  • Houston

International

  • Copiapó, Chile
  • Antananarivo, Madagascar
  • Ilidža, Bosnia
  • + Mexico & South Sudan
Pallets of packed refurbished devices ready to ship from the warehouse

Refurbished devices leaving the warehouse — bound for schools and charities worldwide.

Now in Australia

The network’s newest country.

A Sydney facility for secure processing and refurbishment opened in 2026, with pickup coverage in Melbourne and Brisbane. Donation applications are open to organisations in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland — and the free mail-back program reaches Australia-wide.

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Map of Australia: Sydney facility, with pickup coverage in Melbourne and Brisbane

Featured film

Madagascar: a second life, half a world away.

Featured film · Madagascar

Refurbished technology, a second life half a world away

See how devices retired across the ERA network reach students and communities in Madagascar through partners MFT (Madagascar Fanantenana Teknolojia) and Akamasoa — part of the network’s international donation program.

Donation stories

Real devices. Real people.

Real technology donations supporting students, schools and community organisations.

Students receiving donated laptops through Futed in Chile
ERA × Futed

Supporting education in Chile

ERA and Futed delivered 5 laptops to build a student computer room at Escuela Básica G-N 348 Huechún in April 2026.

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Madagascar community receiving ERA technology donations
ERA × MFT

Supporting education in Madagascar

ERA partners with MFT, who brought 10 laptops and a projector to youth programs in Bongolava in April 2026.

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Students' computer lab at Mješovita Srednja Škola Banovići in Bosnia, equipped by Kompjuteri Nade
ERA × Kompjuteri Nade

Supporting students in Bosnia

4 computers and 4 monitors equip a student lab at Mješovita Srednja Škola Banovići.

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Take action

Ready when you are.

Whichever door you pick, a device ends up somewhere it can do more good.

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