We provide professional, certified IT Asset Disposal (ITAD) for corporations, data centres, and public sector organisations. Maintain data compliance and meet your green targets.
Retiring old IT equipment involves substantial security and environmental risks. We help your business mitigate these exposures cleanly.
IT asset disposal (ITAD) is the secure, audited process of decommissioning, sanitising, and recycling redundant corporate computer hardware. By dismantling obsolete systems and permanently wiping storage media, organisations can protect sensitive company intelligence while fulfilling their environmental obligations.
Clearcycle IT provides a secure, UK-wide collection and recycling workflow that eliminates data security risks and corporate liability. Our certified lifecycle management handles transportation, data wiping, and material recovery, documenting every step to ensure complete transparency. This ensures you can pass regulatory checks and internal security audits without issues.
Obsolete devices containing proprietary data must be handled responsibly. We overwrite or physically shred drives to protect your business. We ensure data is rendered permanently unrecoverable in line with ICO requirements, safeguarding sensitive data such as employee payroll files and client records.
Discarded commercial electronics fall under UK WEEE laws. We provide licensed transport and all required waste transfer notes. Every business must retain Waste Transfer Notes and Hazardous Waste Consignment Notes for 2 years to prove complete environmental compliance during audits.
We enforce a strict 0% landfill policy. Electronics are refurbished or split into raw materials for manufacturing reuse. Reclaiming materials like copper wire, aluminium, and plastics supports circular economy goals and lowers your organisation's Scope 3 carbon footprint.
We manage the collection and disposal process from start to finish, ensuring peace of mind for your IT department.
Our secure chain of custody is designed to maintain absolute transparency from the moment hardware leaves your premises. We use GPS-tracked vehicles and background-checked technicians to maintain security.
Upon collection, all items are protected inside tamper-evident containers to maintain an unbroken audit log during transit back to our secure sorting facility.
Tracked vehicles and background-checked staff pick up your retired computer equipment directly from your storage locations. We handle all logistics internally without subcontractors, ensuring complete control over your assets.
Every hardware item is catalogued by its manufacturer, model, and serial number, establishing a clear custody record. This ensures full traceability for all assets, including laptops, servers, and desktops.
Drives are wiped using professional, certified software to HMG Infosec standards. Failing media is physically shredded. We ensure block-level verification for all magnetic and solid-state drives.
Hardware is refurbished or reclaimed. We issue your formal Certificate of Destruction and WEEE transfer documents, providing the legal evidence required for internal and external compliance audits.
ITAD services in the United Kingdom are governed by BS EN 15713:2023, ISO 27001, and NIST SP 800-88 standards. These frameworks define secure media sanitisation and physical shredding protocols.
We adhere strictly to these frameworks to ensure the highest levels of security and environmental compliance. ISO 27001 governs our information security management system, while NIST SP 800-88 Rev 1 provides international guidelines for media sanitisation. Our software overwrites sectors to purge storage units completely.
Physical destruction is aligned with BS EN 15713. This standard regulates the secure destruction of data carriers, including solid-state drives, magnetic tapes, and optical discs. We shred drives to a 2mm particle size to prevent any recovery.
| Decommissioning Stage | Core Security Process | Regulatory Standard Met | Documentation Issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Collection & Transit | GPS-tracked vehicles & DBS-checked crews | Duty of Care Regulations 2013 | Waste Transfer Note (WTN) |
| 2. Receiving & Auditing | Serialisation log & manufacturer tracking | ISO 9001 Quality Standards | Serialised Audit Report |
| 3. Sanitisation & Destruction | Software erase & physical shredding | NIST 800-88 & BS EN 15713 | Certificate of Data Destruction |
| 4. Reclamation & Reuse | Refurbishment or raw material breakdown | WEEE Directive (0% Landfill) | Materials Recovery Statement |
Yes. Businesses are legally liable for data breaches and environmental dumping. Regulatory bodies can issue substantial fines for GDPR violations and WEEE non-compliance. You must maintain audit logs for protection.
Computers that are broken or too old are dismantled. The components are sorted by material type. Examples of separated materials include plastics, steel, and copper. These are sent to recycling plants for raw material processing.
No. Simple file deletion or formatting does not erase data permanently. Specialised forensic recovery software can restore deleted files easily. You must use certified software overwriting or physical drive shredding for secure sanitisation.
A serialised audit report is your primary proof of compliance. It links each decommissioned device to its final destruction record. This documentation is required to pass data protection audits and ISO standard reviews.
We calculate carbon footprint offsets by comparing the reuse of refurbished hardware with the manufacturing footprint of new components. We supply this data in your environmental reports to assist with corporate green reporting goals.
We require a minimum of 10 major IT items (PCs, laptops, servers, or monitors) to schedule a collection. Accessories are collected alongside major units free of charge.
