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Why do you need to add secure destruction of corporate textiles, including uniforms, PPE, branded goods, recalled stock, prototypes and counterfeits to the list of potential vulnerable spots? Isn’t securing paper and digital data enough?
Quite simply, as long as there are bad actors out there, seeking and probing the weak spots in your defences, your organisation’s reputation and bottom line are at risk from what may seem like the most innocuous sources: products and textiles associated with your business.
It’s not hard to imagine what might happen should an obsolete uniform, for example, fall into the wrong hands. Thieves can use them to infiltrate secure locations such as restricted corporate or government facilities to steal data, intellectual property and valuable equipment, or to carry out heists. Stolen uniforms are known to be used to carry out door-to-door scams, where criminals dressed as utilities workers gain access to domestic settings to burgle or worse.
Uniformed thieves can carry out sub-par or dangerous work to scam money, while apportioning blame to the brand holder, or impersonate individuals from the emergency services, stopping vehicles illegally or conducting house ‘searches’ – in effect, breaking and entering to burgle and destroy.
We could turn to scavenged counterfeit goods and prototypes which, on the black or ‘grey’ markets, can cause huge damage to your reputation should consumers find out their flaws and defects and, of course, health and safety enter the frame here, too.
In short, it is important to throw a security cordon around all products associated with your brand or business – including all the items in the introduction earlier, and more – and that means disposing of them, securely and responsibly, when you no longer need them.
What should a secure disposal business offer you?
- Brand protection – is there the option to witness your products/textiles being shredded, in an on-site mobile shredding truck? A certificate of destruction for every transaction should be a given, as a guaranteed record of secure disposal.
- Chain of custody and security – all your assets should be protected from point of collection in lockable bins to the shredding blade. This means knowing that your provider employs security-approved operatives, tracked vehicles, password entry protocols, CCTV and an e-audited trail, as a minimum. Naturally, Restore Datashred offers only professionally backed and securely supported services
- Accreditations – for security-sensitive processing, it’s good to know that your provider has proved themselves to a range of accreditations bodies to back up claims of high security and environmentally-responsible service. You should insist on ISO 27001, that demonstrates meeting an internationally recognised standard of information security management, as well as ISO 9001 for overall quality management and ISO 14001 for environmentally focused operations. At Restore Datashred, we have also worked for, and achieved, certifications such as i-SIGMA’s NAID AAA, which guarantees the meeting of strict criteria for secure data destruction and, thus, brand protection.
- Environmental responsibility – many faulty consumer goods cannot be legally landfilled or simply recycled as they contain toxins and hard-to-recycle components. Secure disposal ensures waste is handled in an environmentally responsible manner compliant with local waste regulations which, for textiles for example, can include re-purposing them into eco-yarns, car insulation, or refuse-derived fuel (RDF).
How Restore Recycle helps you protect what’s important
Don’t let corporate products and textiles become a security risk. Restore Datashred’s professional secure collection and shredding services will ensure your business’ confidentiality and reputation by eradicating those items from circulation. We operate across the UK, making multiple site pick-ups a very achievable option for large organisations.
Our range of adaptable shredding and disposal services for business products and textiles is built on meeting the standards laid down by legislation such as the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, as well as sector-focused regulations from the FCA and NHS Information Governance standards, and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Of specific relevance to textiles, our ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 accreditations, in addition to i-SIGMA membership, ensure every item we destroy is done so securely and to meet strict environmental standards.
You can trust us to meet, and exceed, the security and environmental requirements of any sector or sectors in which you operate. Here’s how.
We provide:
On-site and off-site shredding
Which we design around you and your security needs. Our mobile shredding trucks can destroy uniforms, security access items, old stock, and so on, before your very eyes. Regular and more bulky collections are just as secure in one of our GPS-tracked vehicles on route to one of our off-site destruction centres where we can handle much higher capacity loads.
Secure on-site storage
Featuring lockable collection bins ranging from cabinets to secured wheelie bins and, if necessary, fortress level containers. They are all designed to be part of your business’ security set-up, keeping no-longer-needed uniforms, products, prototypes, badges, and so on, safe until they are collected by one of our team.
Trained security operatives
Professionals working to BS5878 standard to ensure the safety and privacy of your branded items from your place to our shredding blades.
Complete audit trail
Which includes e-audited, barcoded shredding bins and cabinets, GPS-tracked vehicles and a certificate of destruction to close the loop and provide peace of mind after each transaction.
Monitored destruction centres
With passworded entry protocols and 24/7 CCTV.
State-of-the-art shredding
Whether in one of our mobile shredding trucks or at one of our modern high-security facilities, our machines reduce your branded assets to shreds in seconds. All our processes ensure that your items are reduced to tiny, unusable fragments, meeting BS EN 15713 (2023) standards.
No waste to landfill promise,
Backed by your monthly personalised environmental report and our own commitment to achieving Net Zero through a range of audited and tracked measures, all of which help reduce your environmental impact and contribute to your organisation’s sustainability goals.
When you’re concerned about your business’ security, it’s important to close all the gaps for risk and stay one step ahead of the bad actors’ game. Get in touch with our experienced and knowledgeable team on 0330 029 8142 or complete the online form below. We look forward to helping you strengthen your defences!
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