Maxicom buys IT and computer scrap across Singapore and Malaysia — mixed lots of boards, drives, memory, cards, power supplies and metals. Unlike a scrap dealer paying by weight, we recover the components that carry real value first, so you get a better number. Data-bearing drives are destroyed to standard, and disposal is documented — which matters under Singapore's e-waste rules and Malaysia's scheduled-waste regime.
A weigh-and-crush scrap yard treats a pallet of mixed IT as metal by the kilo. But that pallet holds memory, processors, drives, GPUs and boards with secondary-market value far above scrap weight — value that's lost the moment it's shredded. We sort and recover those components first, pay you on what's actually recoverable, then send only the genuinely dead material to licensed recyclers for proper material recovery. You get a better price and a cleaner paper trail than a scrap ticket.
We price on recoverable value plus metals, not weight alone. A sample of what we buy:
Motherboards, line cards, add-in cards and backplanes are where much of the recoverable value in mixed IT scrap actually hides — controllers, memory, VRMs and connectors worth far more than the board's weight. We sort and recover those first rather than crushing the lot. Pallets of loose boards from a decommission or a manufacturing line are ideal supply.
Pulled and mixed memory modules and processors turn up in almost every scrap lot, and they're among the highest-value-per-kilo items in it. We identify and grade them against the live market instead of paying metal weight. Even untested, mixed trays are priced on expected yield — see our memory-and-CPU desk for volume.
HDDs and SSDs in a scrap lot carry both residual value and data risk, so we handle them as data-bearing media first: sanitised to standard or physically destroyed with a certificate before anything is processed. What's recoverable after that is graded; what isn't goes to licensed recovery. Tell us the drive counts.
PSUs, heatsinks, chassis and the mixed ferrous and non-ferrous metals in an IT clear-out are the base layer of a scrap lot — real, but the smallest part of the value. We pay for them as metals on top of the recovered components, not instead of them. Include rough weights or a photo of the pallet.
Recoverable graphics and compute boards in a scrap stream are worth identifying, not shredding — even fault-flagged accelerators carry component and repair value. We pull and grade them, and route anything data-centre-grade through our AI & GPU desk where it prices better. Flag them in your description if you can.
In volume, cable and connectors are worth recovering for their copper and their reusable parts, and we take them where the quantity justifies handling. Bundled or by the gaylord, tell us roughly how much and we price it into the lot.
However varied the contents — a whole clear-out reduced to pallets and gaylords — we sort it into what's recoverable, what's data-bearing and what's genuinely dead, paying on the first while documenting the rest. You don't need to pre-sort; that's our job, and it's where we beat a weigh-and-crush yard.
Recovered material and mixed feedstock from other recycling operations is core supply — we buy it outright, extract the component value the first operation didn't, and settle in SGD. Recyclers across Singapore and Malaysia send us exactly this. Tell us the stream and volume.
IT scrap is worth far more than its weight when someone recovers the value inside it first. A pallet of mixed IT holds memory, processors, drives, GPUs, boards and controllers whose secondary-market value dwarfs the ferrous and non-ferrous metal a weigh-and-crush yard pays for — value that's destroyed the moment the pallet is shredded. So the figure depends on what's actually in the lot and how recoverable it is, not on a per-kilo rate: a memory- and board-rich stream prices well above a chassis-and-cable one.
Send photos or a rough description of the stream — types of gear, rough quantities, any drives — and we assess the recoverable value plus metals and return a written offer in SGD, usually above a scrap ticket, with the data-bearing media handled to standard and the disposition documented for your records.
Both markets are tightening the rules on how business electronics are disposed of. In Singapore, the National Environment Agency runs an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for e-waste under the Resource Sustainability Act, and businesses are expected to route waste responsibly. In Malaysia, business and industrial e-waste is classified as scheduled waste (code SW 110) under the Department of Environment and must go to licensed recovery facilities. Selling your IT scrap to a buyer who recovers value and documents disposition — rather than an informal yard — keeps you on the right side of both, and pays you for it.
| Weigh-and-crush yard | General waste | Maxicom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paid | Metal weight | Nothing — you pay | Recoverable value in SGD |
| Data-bearing drives | Not handled | Not handled | Destroyed + certificate |
| Where value goes | Crushed | Landfill risk | Recovered first |
| Compliance record | Scrap ticket | None | Documented disposition |
| Collection | You deliver | For a fee | Free in Singapore; arranged in Malaysia |
Any data-bearing drives in a scrap lot are sanitised or physically destroyed to standard with a certificate before anything is processed, on a documented chain of custody. You receive a disposition record covering what was recovered, reused and recycled — the paperwork that satisfies NEA expectations in Singapore and DOE scheduled-waste handling in Malaysia.
Every data-bearing drive is sanitised to NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 (HDD) and IEEE 2883-2022 (SSD/NVMe), with a certificate of destruction, on a documented chain of custody. Drives that can't be wiped are physically destroyed through a vetted partner. Certified destruction is what makes buyback safe under Singapore's PDPA and Malaysia's PDPA — so it's included in the deal, not billed as an extra.
Offices and corporates clearing space · IT teams running a refresh · data centres decommissioning across Singapore and the Johor/Iskandar corridor · banks, healthcare and government needing certified data destruction · schools and universities · and resellers, distributors, ITADs and MSPs clearing surplus and client stock. One unit or a warehouse — the process is the same, and the paperwork always holds up.
Send photos or a rough description and we'll come back with a written SGD offer.
Get my quoteMaxicom Singapore Pte Ltd is an independent IT buyback and recycling company based at 51 Goldhill Plaza, Singapore, serving businesses across Singapore and Malaysia. We recover the value inside retired business IT, destroy data to NIST 800-88 and IEEE 2883, and route reusable hardware back into service — paying businesses for equipment that other recyclers charge to take.
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