Business AV Equipment Disposal During Office Refits
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Journal 7 October 2026 1 min read

Business AV Equipment Disposal During Office Refits

Boardroom refits leave behind projectors, displays, video walls and conferencing kit. Here is how businesses dispose of commercial AV properly.

AV is usually forgotten in a refit plan

Fit-out contractors strip ceilings and walls quickly. Projectors, ceiling speakers, display mounts, codecs and racks of AV processing end up stacked in a corridor with nowhere to go. Most fit-out skips are not licensed for electrical waste, so the kit needs its own disposal route.

What commercial AV we collect

  • Projectors and screens, including ceiling-mounted units
  • Commercial displays, video walls and digital signage
  • Video conferencing codecs, cameras, microphones and room systems
  • PA amplifiers, mixers, speakers and ceiling audio
  • Control processors, matrix switchers and rack equipment

Data on AV kit

Conferencing systems, signage players and control processors often store call logs, Wi-Fi credentials, contact directories and network settings. Devices with storage are reset or have their storage destroyed, and they are listed on your certificate.

Plan it with your contractor

  1. Agree a holding area and a date before strip-out starts.
  2. Ask the contractor to keep AV separate from general waste.
  3. Book one collection for AV and any IT being replaced at the same time.

For more, see our AV recycling service and the earlier guide what happens to old projectors, screens and speakers.

Book a free collection

Call 020 3432 4511 (Monday to Friday, 8am – 6pm) or book a collection online. Tell us roughly what you have and where it is, and we will confirm a date.

The Byebyte Team
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