Retire Your IT Where It Does Some Good
We take your end-of-life laptops, desktops and monitors, wipe every drive, and rebuild what we can for Victorians who can't afford a computer. The rest is recycled locally.
Donating One or Two Items?
Just as welcome, and the same care: your drive is wiped, the machine is rebuilt with Linux, and anything beyond repair is recycled locally.
What we accept
- Laptops (all brands)
What we don't accept
- Desktops, monitors, tablets and phones (bulk donations only)
- Printers, scanners, or miscellaneous cables
- TVs and other electrical appliances
Bring them to 60 Belfast Street, Broadmeadows during opening hours - no appointment needed. Can't donate to us? Try Recycling Near You or TechCollect.
Donate Funds
We're self-funded, so money goes straight to replacement parts, workshop running costs and responsible recycling. We're ACNC registered with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status, so donations over $2 are tax deductible and we'll issue a receipt.
Bank transfer
For other payment methods, workplace giving or to discuss a larger gift, get in touch.
Why Donate to Computerbank?
Larger refurbishing programs usually only want recent machines. We're glad to take the ones that are a little older too: if it still runs Linux well, we can put it back to work.
We take what others can't
A laptop or desktop that's a few years old is often past its use-by date for a corporate fleet, but not for a family, a student or a community group. Linux runs comfortably on hardware that newer operating systems have left behind.
Local and hands-on
Our volunteers wipe, test and rebuild every machine at our Broadmeadows workshop, then sell it at low cost to Victorians who need one. No brokers, no interstate freight.
Nothing goes to landfill
What we can't refurbish is recycled locally, never dumped or shipped overseas. That's more than 30,000 items so far.
A volunteer checking a donated laptop at the build bench
A Clean Handover for Business, Schools and Government
One contact, one collection, and paperwork your finance and IT teams can file. AGL, ANZ, Toll Group, La Trobe University and Victoria Police have all sent us theirs.
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Tell us what you have
Rough quantities and specs in the form below. We'll tell you what we can refurbish and what is only good for recycling.
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We agree the handover
Drop off at Broadmeadows, or we'll arrange collection - what's possible depends on quantity and distance, and we'll say so up front.
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Every drive is wiped
Every drive is securely wiped before a machine is rebuilt or recycled, and we can issue a data destruction receipt. Or pull the drives first and we'll take the machines without them.
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Machines are rebuilt and put back to work
Volunteers rebuild each machine with Linux and 70+ open-source apps, then sell it at cost to concession card holders, students, asylum seekers and community groups.
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You get the paperwork back
A data destruction receipt and a list of what we received for your asset register, if you need them.
What we take in bulk
- Laptops and desktops, any brand
- Monitors (bulk donations only)
- Tablets and mobile phones
- Surplus hard drives and components
What we can't take
- Printers, scanners and loose cables
- TVs and other electrical appliances
Not sure whether your fleet is worth refurbishing? Ask anyway - we'd rather tell you than have it go to landfill.
Need Certified Data Destruction?
We share our Broadmeadows workshop with Enable Australia, who offer commercial-grade, certified data destruction - wiping to Australian and US government standards, or physical hard drive shredding, with a data sanitisation certificate for your records. We can arrange this as part of your recycling drop-off; just mention it when you fill in the form below, or contact Enable Australia directly for more information.
Arrange a Donation
Business, school, government or household - tell us what you have and we'll come back to you with the next step, usually within a couple of working days. Everything marked * is required.
Thanks, we've got it!
We'll look over what you have and get back to you within a couple of working days to sort out drop-off or collection.
If it's urgent, call us on (03) 9600 9161.
Our Partners
We're grateful to the organisations that support our mission through equipment donations, funding and partnerships.
Contact us about partnership opportunities.
E-Waste Recycling
We've responsibly recycled over 30,000 broken or non-usable items. Equipment that can't be refurbished is recycled locally, never sent to landfill or overseas for unsafe dismantling.
