E-waste has over the years become one of South Africa’s biggest environmental problems. This rapidly growing waste stream has broadened electronic recycling business opportunities with more enterprises responding to the challenge, by providing solutions for different volumes of e-waste.

Environmental protection and recycling sensitisation campaigns have intensified with many homes and businesses waking up to realisation of the harmful effects of poorly disposed electronic waste. One business enterprise which has become a reliable solution provider and recycler is Desco. Desco focuses on sustainable solutions to the ever-growing amount of electronic waste accumulated.

Established in 1992, Desco is a brainchild of visionary entrepreneurs Costantino and Desiree Airaga. From the onset they have set out to create an environmentally responsible and accredited electronic recycling business. Desco has earned its unrivalled reputation as a first-class recycling company in South Africa and beyond by benchmarking its product and service offering against global standards.

Desco adheers structured according to international standards. Their accredited certifications pertain to managing a company’s external environment for regulatory compliance and reduced pollution as well as safety in the workplace by getting both workers and management involved in risk reduction.

Desco is part of the Southern African e-Waste Alliance (SAEWA) which is a Non-Profit Organisation that assists with the development of a blueprint for the responsible and legally compliant collection and treatment of all types of E-waste in Southern Africa. Desco is allocated in tier 1 which is the highest level.

Desco maintain full accountability surrounding E-waste documentation and systems which are validated by a certificate of destruction. E-waste documentation and systems refers to how Desco ensures customer IDs are recorded with photographs taken and entered into a database. These measures have helped to minimise the risk of stolen products being sold and ensuring that business integrity is safeguarded.

Desco can be counted on for end to end for full solution of E-waste handling

• Recycling and general warehouse clear-outs
• Sourcing and collection of electronic waste
• Sorting and dismantling
• Pre-Processing before metals recovery
• Secure destruction which ensures sensitive data is not exposed to criminal elements

Desco has made electronic waste management process easy and seamless on the part of residences and businesses that may not have transport to dispose their electronic waste responsibly. Desco is readily available to come and collect obsolete Ewaste or electronics no longer in use.

Desco is located in the heart of Gauteng on the corner of c/o West Str & Elgin Rd, Pomona Ext 159, Kempton Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Desco can be telephonically contacted on +27 10 601 6146 or +27 11 979 3017.