Trust Ucan Recycling for secure data destruction

At Ucan Recycling, we take your data very seriously and can recommend the best solution for your business. All hard drives are either:

• Shredded
• Data-Erased
• Degaussed

Shredded

Because all companies have different security policies, we offer either an on-site or a back at base shredding service. For those companies where their policy is to keep all hard drives on site until destroyed, we can bring our hard drive shredder to you and carry out the destruction supervised by your staff. Offsite hard drive shredding is where any hard drives brought back to Ucan Recycling will be securely shredded and photographic evidence along with certification as proof is provided for your files. We will also issue a Waste Transfer Note which is signed by both the transferor and the transferee. Call 0113 242 4421 for a hard drive shredding quotation today.

As we are in the business of IT recycling, the materials that are inside the hard drives themselves is recyclable so we are again eliminating excess waste for landfill.

data-erased

Or otherwise known as data wiping. Using one of the best software packages available we can securely delete files. This is a quick and effective method of removing data from drives and the beauty of wiping means that the drives can also be reused. We always carry out data wiping as standard when a client doesn't stipulate another method and we offer this service free of charge.

Degaussed

With a powerful magnetic field that can completely erase data in less than a second, our degausser guarantees a secure data destruction process, carried out to military standards. Recommended by the Department of Defence and GCHQ (British Government) this fully automatic machine not only removes the hassle of manually deleting the information, it also provides total confidence that the data can never be recovered using approved Verity Systems Datagone Machine (as shown in video below).

This video demonstrates the simplicity of this powerful process, which has also been adopted by banks, IT departments and the Government:

Hard drive destruction – shredding, is the only secure and permanent way to destroy decommissioned hard disks. Besides giving businesses the peace of mind, destroying hard drives with Ucan Recycling is also:

• Cost effective: we offer competitive prices for hard drive destruction and hard drive disposal services.
• Convenient: We can undertake your hard drive data destruction on site or off site depending on your requirements.
• Compliant: Our hard drive destruction services ensure that your data destruction and data disposal is compliant with data privacy legislation. We issue a Certificate of Destruction detailing the time and date of every hard drive destruction to provide you with an audit trail.
• Environmentally Responsible: As well as being a secure means of data destruction and data disposal Ucan’s hard drive destruction service also offers one of the most environmentally friendly hard drive disposal processes available.

Secure and responsible – that’s Ucan Recycling

By using Ucan Recycling to manage the removal and processing of your redundant IT equipment, you can enjoy the peace of mind knowing that your organisation fully meets its legal and environmental responsibilities. We are fully regulated and monitored by the Environment Agency and follow best practice industry standards. 

Our process

Ucan Recycling is licensed to collect/repair any redundant IT equipment (WEEE). A typical collection arranged with us goes like this:

• Equipment is collected and carried safely in our vehicles to our industrial warehouse located in Wyke, Bradford.
• Once here at Ucan, the collected equipment is bar-coded and allocated a reference number for asset tracking.
• Equipment is then visually inspected and categorized for either disposal or refurbishment.
• A Certificate of Destruction/Disposal (C.O.D.) is issued for each item to give you piece of mind that all data is either erased or destroyed.
• We remove all company references and security markings from equipment. In the event that security markings cannot be removed, equipment will automatically be forwarded for disposal.
• Equipment allocated for re-marketing is then subjected to a functionality test and graded depending on condition. Asset reports of the equipment are offered for your perusal as a hard copy or as an electronic file.

To speak to a member of our specialist IT recycling team about the decommissioning of your scrap computers please call 0113 242 4421 or email justask@ucanrecycling.co.uk or fill in the contact us form.