Electronic waste collection & WEEE recycling
Computers, servers, circuit boards, cables, screens, telecom: we recycle every category of end-of-life professional electrical and electronic equipment.
Supporting end-of-use to preserve the value of your equipment.
Every year, significant volumes of electrical and electronic equipment reach end of use. SFDE supports professionals in collecting, sorting and recovering these devices to preserve materials that can be reused or recycled. Our approach aims to turn this equipment into new resources while limiting its environmental impact.
From desktop computers to servers, including network equipment, telecoms, UPS units and circuit boards, every flow is handled through a structured process: scheduled pickup, controlled weighing and documentary tracking via Trackdéchets. This organization ensures transparent management and complete traceability of the entrusted equipment.
Six major families, hundreds of equipment types.
IT hardware
The entire end-of-use office and data-center fleet, from individual workstations to critical infrastructure.
- Laptops and desktop PCs
- Workstations & mini-PCs
- Rack servers (1U, 2U, blade)
- SAN / NAS storage arrays
- Switches, routers, firewalls
- UPS, racks and PDUs
- HDD & SSD drives
- Peripherals (keyboards, mice, docks)
Screens & displays
All formats, LCD, LED and OLED technologies, from office monitors to large-format pro displays.
- Office LCD / LED monitors
- Large-format professional displays
- TVs and OLED screens
- Interactive touch displays
- Video projectors
- Kiosks and display totems
- Graphic tablets
Telecom & mobile
Voice equipment, professional mobile devices and telecom infrastructure from operators and enterprises.
- Smartphones and mobile handsets
- IP / analog desk phones
- GSM gateways and boxes
- Antennas and telecom racks
- Modems, routers, DSL/fiber equipment
- Tablets and mobile terminals
- Video-conferencing equipment
Printed circuit boards (PCB)
Electronic boards are the value core of WEEE, because they concentrate a significant share of high-value metals, notably gold, silver, palladium and copper. They thus represent a major issue for recovery and strategic material reclamation.
- Motherboards and CPUs
- Graphics cards (GPUs)
- Network cards & controllers
- Server and array boards
- Industrial and PLC boards
- RAM memory modules
- Telecom / phone boards
IT & electrical cables
All types of copper and fiber cabling, from RJ45 patch cords to large industrial power cables, recovered for copper and aluminum.
- Ethernet network cables (Cat5e/6/6a/7)
- Fiber optic cables
- IEC power cords
- Copper & aluminum electrical cables
- Industrial power cables
- Phone & coaxial cables
- USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, SFP+ cables
Electrical equipment & Electronics
All professional EEE outside large appliances: office equipment, instrumentation electronics and accessories.
- Printers, scanners, copiers
- UPS and backup batteries
- Power supplies and transformers
- Small professional appliances
- Measurement & instrumentation devices
- Cameras, video surveillance
- Miscellaneous electronic accessories
A closed loop, from waste to material.
Every piece of equipment enters an integrated industrial cycle, operated end-to-end by SFDE at its ICPE site. No opaque subcontracting, no chain break: traceability starts at pickup and continues until material is reinjected into industry.
Collection
We organise the pickup of your equipment directly from your site, based on your volumes and logistics constraints.
Reception & weighing
On arrival, equipment is received, identified and weighed to ensure precise tracking of the flows entrusted to us.
Sorting & diagnosis
Each item is sorted by nature and condition so that assets are routed first to reuse, then to material recovery.
Reuse & recovery
Reusable equipment is routed to reuse, while the remaining flows are prepared for material recovery and valorisation.
Traceability
Every operation is documented, ensuring clear traceability of all equipment taken in charge.
BSD & Trackdéchets
Every pickup generates a digital Waste Tracking Slip (BSD) via Trackdéchets, the French Ministry of Ecological Transition platform. This legally binding document follows every flow and guarantees, at every step, that your waste is entrusted to a declared operator and processed in line with regulations.
WEEE collection for companies
WEEE collection covers professional electrical and electronic equipment at end of use: IT hardware and servers, telecom and network equipment, screens and peripherals, industrial electronics, cables and electronic boards.
Corporate WEEE recycling starts by framing the flow: type of equipment, volumes, access constraints and any data carriers involved. The pickup is then scheduled, and each reception involves weighing, pre-sorting by category and documented tracking.
Description of the equipment, volume estimate and site access conditions before scheduling.
Pickup organised with your teams, matched to the packaging available on site.
Reception, weighing then separation of the main equipment categories before dismantling.
Every pickup is documented and tracked with a digital Trackdéchets slip.
When collected batches include drives, servers or workstations, media are set aside on arrival for data erasure and destruction. Still-operational hardware is kept for a second life as reused IT equipment, the rest going to dismantling and board separation.
WEEE collection FAQ
Which equipment counts as professional WEEE?
Electrical and electronic equipment used in a professional context and reaching end of use: IT hardware, servers, telecom and network equipment, screens and peripherals, industrial electronics, cables and electronic boards.
Is there a minimum volume for a pickup?
Each request is assessed according to the type of equipment, the volume and site access conditions. Small volumes can be consolidated or added to a scheduled pickup.
Which documents come with the collection?
Every pickup generates a digital waste tracking slip via Trackdéchets, together with the weighing carried out on reception.
What happens to the equipment after collection?
Equipment that still works is directed to reuse whenever technically relevant. The rest is dismantled: boards, cables and metal parts are separated, sorted and prepared for the recovery channels.
« No electronic device should end up in a landfill. Each one carries material to be reinjected into industry. »