Control Alt Recycle

04/27/2026

This is our software wipe station in action.

These hard drives go through a documented, NIST 800-88–aligned wiping process, not just a simple delete or reset.

It’s one part of secure data destruction and helps make sure eligible drives are properly sanitized before the next step.

📍 Control Alt Recycle, Charlottesville, VA

04/23/2026

Nobody tells you gaylords are this expensive! 💰

Industrial packaging, pallets, and logistics supplies add up fast when you're moving thousands of pounds of electronics every week.

Small surprises that become big line items. Welcome to entrepreneurship.

📍 Control Alt Recycle - Charlottesville, VA
♻️ Electronics recycling & ITAD

04/21/2026

Our biggest refurbished equipment sale to date! 📦 💸

This pallet of desktops is all headed to a single buyer, which I always love to see. Shipping desktops individually is rough, so when we can move 50 at once, it makes a big difference!

Keeping this many pieces in the refurb circular economy is way better than scrap or recycling!

📍 Control Alt Recycle - Charlottesville, VA
💻 Refurbished tech & secure data destruction
🌍 Reuse first, recycle responsibly

03/17/2026

This is exciting! Finally getting repairable again!

Is Apple’s most affordable laptop ever also one of its most repairable? We’re loving the screwed-in battery.

03/05/2026

UPS batteries and car batteries? Same chemistry 🔋

Lead-acid batteries power everything from backup power systems to vehicles - and they all get recycled the same way.

Recycling them is largely straightforward because the supply chain to recycle car batteries is robust. Proper disposal keeps lead out of the environment and recovers materials for reuse.

Goodness are they heavy, though!

📍 Control Alt Recycle - Charlottesville, VA
♻️ Electronics recycling & ITAD
🌍 Reuse first, recycle responsibly

03/03/2026

When a local computer repair shop needed to clear out months of accumulated inventory, they dropped over 600 pounds of circuit boards in one load! 🖥️

Our process:
✅ Chuck it in the back until we have an inventory sorting day.
✅ Eventually sort out the CPUs, Ram, Cards, Motherboards, etc
✅ Sell the working stuff, ship the rest to boardsort for reclamation.

This is what sustainable electronics recycling looks like at scale.

📍 Control Alt Recycle - Charlottesville, VA
🔒 NIST-compliant data destruction & ITAD services
🌍 Reuse first, recycle responsibly

Need electronics recycling or IT asset disposition? Visit our website or call for a quote.

12/26/2025

Got new gear this year in Cville? Recycle your old stuff with us and be sure your data is handled securely.

Desktops, laptops, phones, tablets, cables, routers and more all taken at no charge.

Schedule a drop off or visit our website for a full list of items we accept.

https://calendly.com/stephen-controlaltrecycle/dropin

12/24/2025

Grateful for the holiday and the first year in business. Remember where to take those electronics that get replaced this Christmas if you're in Charlottesville! I'll happily help them get a second life.

Schedule a dropoff here: https://calendly.com/stephen-controlaltrecycle/dropin

10/17/2025