Collected electronics ready for ERA at a community recycling event

Get involved

Choose your
next move.

Give technology, request equipment, host an event or lend your skills. Every path moves a useful device closer to its next life.

See every option

Auckland facility, metro pickups and NZ-wide mail-back

Start here

What do you want technology to do next?

Choose the outcome that fits. ERA will guide the logistics, security and next steps from there.

ERA technician recording equipment in a secure intake area

I have technologyRetire devices securely.Pickup or mail-back →

ERA team members receiving technology at a community collection event

I need technologyApply for refurbished equipment.Request a donation →

ERA team members working on a computer at a community event

I want to get involvedHost, partner, volunteer or sponsor.See more ways →

For organisations

Clear out retired IT.
Keep the value moving.

For businesses, schools and organisations with 10 or more devices. ERA coordinates secure collection across Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, with larger jobs and national logistics available on request.

01Metro pickups
Free collection for qualifying volumes.
02Secure handling
Locked transit and documented chain of custody.
03Certified outcomes
Data destruction and diversion reporting.

A community organisation representative receiving refurbished technology through ERA — Technology placed where it can do more

For schools and communities

Need technology?
Tell us what would help.

Donation applications are open to schools, not-for-profits and community programmes in the Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury regions.

Who can apply: Schools, charities and community programmes
What is available: Refurbished laptops, desktops and peripherals
How it arrives: Pickup or delivery as inventory allows
What to expect: Lead time depends on current inventory

Bring ERA to your community

Make collection
a shared event.

Local councils, schools, chambers and community groups can host a free electronics recycling and secure shredding event. ERA handles collection, equipment and processing.

Freesecure intake and drive shredding

Simpleplanning support and event logistics

Visiblecommunity and ESG impact

ERA technician handling secure equipment at a destruction event — Secure destruction at a community event

More ways to help

Bring a place, a skill or an idea.

You do not need a warehouse full of devices to make a useful contribution.

ERA and community partners gathered around donated computer equipment

Become a partner

Connect ERA with a school, business, council or community programme. Partners can also host secure collection receptacles on site.

Business IT teams
Schools and not-for-profits
Community event hosts

Volunteers sorting and preparing technology inside an ERA reuse facility

Volunteer with us

Help sort, test and refurbish equipment at the Auckland facility, or support collection events and programme administration.

No technical experience required
Practical hardware skills
Earn a refurbished computer

Young people learning computer skills together at an ERA workshop bench

Sponsor young builders

Support Parts to PC workshops where young people build a working computer, learn practical skills and take the device home.

Ages 12 to 15
Small Saturday workshops
Mentor opportunities for IT teams

Where ERA shows up

Three metro hubs.
One national reach.

Pickups and events centre on Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Donation support covers the Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury regions, while mail-back reaches every corner of Aotearoa New Zealand.

AucklandFacility and pickups
WellingtonMetro pickups
ChristchurchMetro pickups
NZ-widePrepaid mail-back

Illustrative network graphic showing ERA service coverage across Aotearoa New Zealand

Community event sign inviting people to recycle electronics

Ready when you are

Choose yournext move.

What do you want technology to do next?

Clear out retired IT.Keep the value moving.

Need technology?Tell us what would help.

Make collectiona shared event.