Features
TTS offers a donation and recycling service to safely dispose of old University-owned computers. All data is removed from computers before donation or recycling. Community Relations will match available donated computers with local organizations who have a need. Only University-owned machines can be donated or recycled.
Fees
Most Tufts computers are recycled domestically for free. However, charges may be applied to large scale clean-outs.
Requirements
- University-owned computers for donation must be 4 years old or less
- TTS accepts donations of towers, monitors, and laptops
- Any computer, regardless of age, that is University-owned is eligible for recycling
Get Started
- Contact the TTS Service Desk to request a Support Provider copy all data from your old Tufts computer to your new computer. Data stored locally on the computer will not be preserved anywhere else, so this is an important step. Data on Tufts’ network shares drives (P:, Q:, R:) will still be available.
- Complete Facilities’ online service request form and request a pickup of your old computer.
- For donations, please note in the description field that this is a pickup for the Tufts Computer Donation Program. Facilities will deliver your computer to TTS, where all data will be removed. The computer will be stored by TTS until Community Relations finds a suitable local recipient.
- For recycling, please note in the description field that this is a pickup for the Tufts Recycling Program. Facilities will deliver your computer to TTS, where all data will be removed and the computer will be recycled.