All They Want for the Holidays Is Technology!
The holiday season is a time for giving, and this year, the Electronic Recycling Association (ERA) is inviting businesses across Canada to make a meaningful difference through our “Adopt a Charity” Holiday Campaign.
While many organizations are preparing for year-end IT upgrades, office cleanouts, and equipment replacements, thousands of charities and nonprofits are still waiting for essential technology to support their programs and communities.
What if your company’s retired technology could become someone’s greatest holiday gift?
Give Your Retired Technology a Second Life
Every year, businesses retire laptops, desktops, monitors, tablets, smartphones, and other IT equipment that may still have years of useful life.
Instead of letting these devices collect dust or become electronic waste, ERA encourages businesses to donate them to help fulfill outstanding technology requests from charities across Canada.
Through our Adopt a Charity campaign, companies can directly support organizations that need technology to continue their important work.
How the Adopt a Charity Campaign Works
1. Find a Charity in Need
Visit ERA’s Charity Requests Page to explore organizations currently waiting for technology. Choose a charity whose mission aligns with your company’s values.
2. Donate Your Retired Technology
Gather unwanted or decommissioned laptops, computers, monitors, tablets, smartphones, and other electronic equipment. Book a pickup and ERA can help coordinate your company’s electronics donation.
3. ERA Gives Technology a Second Life
Our team securely processes donated equipment, performs data destruction, and refurbishes reusable devices to prepare them for their next purpose.
4. Help Fulfill a Charity’s Holiday Wish List
Refurbished technology helps fulfill outstanding requests from charities, nonprofits, schools, and community organizations, providing valuable tools for education, communication, and essential services.
Make Your Year-End IT Refresh Count
Planning an office cleanout or technology upgrade before the holidays?
Your business has an opportunity to make a lasting impact while supporting environmental sustainability.
By donating retired electronics, your organization can:
- Help Canadian charities access essential technology.
- Reduce electronic waste and promote reuse.
- Support digital inclusion in underserved communities.
- Demonstrate corporate social responsibility.
- Turn year-end IT cleanouts into meaningful community contributions.
Be the Reason a Charity Smiles This Holiday Season
This holiday season, give more than a gift. Give opportunity, connection, and access to technology.
Join ERA’s Adopt a Charity campaign and help transform retired business technology into valuable resources for communities in need.
Explore charity wish lists: https://www.era.ca/donate-to-charities/
Learn more about ERA: https://www.era.ca/
This holiday season, don’t just retire your technology. Give it a new purpose!