It can be tempting to think of ‘disposal’ as simply taking a hammer to some hard drives, or a jackhammer to an old monitor or desktop, however the process of divesting your business, responsibly, of your no-longer-needed IT equipment is more sophisticated than that.

That word, ‘responsibly’, is doing a lot of heavy lifting, there.

The three key areas of concern that arise from this responsibility are compliance with data protection (GDPR) and e-waste (WEEE) regulation, cost control across your IT estate, and not harming the environment.

By using the professional ITAD services offered by Restore Technology, you can help boost your business’s bottom line and reputation, reaping the advantages of security, efficiency and sustainability.

Security

If you have data-bearing IT equipment sitting in storage, whether on or off-site, they pose a risk to your organisation’s reputation and bottom line. Data protection legislation has harsh penalties for those who fail to protect their business’s confidential information, which can include customer, employee, and student/pupil personal data, as well as business secrets, market research and analysis, and so on.

Restore Technology’s team of secure collection operatives tag, then remove, your redundant IT devices in GPS-tracked vehicles and transport them to our highly secure facility, maintaining an audited chain of custody throughout. There, our technicians grade the equipment on function and appearance, which can determine whether items are destroyed, upgraded for re-use in your business or sold for use elsewhere, or donated to community groups, for example.

Whichever route you choose, security is our top priority.

Before any of your IT assets move on to their final destination, we use government-approved software to sanitise every single item, overwriting and obliterating any residual hard-drive data and providing a certificate of erasure for full compliance, and your peace of mind.

Efficiency

With our expert guidance and technical nous, you can set up end-to-end management of the lifecycle, including automated asset and software inventories, warehouse storage for strategic staged deployment, audited retention and disposal, and easy-to-use secure collections services for when your devices are no longer needed. Through timely ITAD interventions, your operational efficiency and budgetary control will reap the benefits.

Sustainability

Using professional ITAD services allows you to tap into, and become a part of, the circular economy, which is a foundational aspiration of many ESG policies, including our own.

Disposing correctly of your no-longer-needed IT items means you meet sustainability criteria because, here at Restore Technology, we ensure nothing goes to landfill. We regard your e-waste as a resource not rubbish. Here’s how.

• If your IT assets are up-to-date and in good condition, we can recycle them by putting them out for re-sale. Good for the environment, and the potential for a rebate is good for your bottom line.

• If your IT assets are a little weary, we can re-vitalise them. First, we will securely erase any residual data from their hard drives, and then we will refurbish them with operating system and software upgrades, making them good to go back at your company or, perhaps, as a donation to a community group or charity.

• If your IT assets are truly tired of life, we will break them down and reclaim components made from plastics, glass and precious metals, such as gold, silver, platinum – and the increasingly-precious copper and steel – for recycling. Any toxins are carefully disposed of to avoid contamination.

We have backing

We’ve worked hard to achieve, and maintain, a raft of accreditations and memberships ranging from business and security management, including cyber security, through to environmental stewardship.

We destroy data to the highest levels of security, and our specialised ITAD team can meet the appropriate security policy and destruction standards of any organisation. Find out the details here.