Professional Document Shredding Services
Professional Document Shredding Services
We collect old computers, laptops, flat-screen monitors, phones and tablets from homes and businesses in the areas we already cover. If we’re coming for your shredding, we can take it on the same visit.
Get my priceor call 0800 999 1002Anything else, just ask. We don’t take old CRT (box) monitors.
A waste transfer note, a certificate of destruction and an asset report listing serial numbers.
Our own directly employed staff, vetted to BS 7858. About us. Licensed upper tier waste carrier CBDU380768.
Your business stays responsible for any personal data on old equipment until it’s destroyed. The kit itself must go to a licensed waste carrier, with a waste transfer note, under the waste duty of care. We give you both, plus an asset report you can file.
Old laptops, phones and tablets still hold photos, emails and saved banking logins. They also shouldn’t go in the household bin: the batteries are a fire risk and electricals have to be recycled separately.
The Information Commissioner’s Office found that 3 in 10 UK adults don’t know how to wipe an old device, and the average person has three unused devices at home.
No. Deleting a file only removes its label; the data stays on the drive until something overwrites it. A factory reset is better, but isn’t guaranteed on every device.
That’s why we either wipe drives with ADISA-accredited software or shred them.
The ICO has advice on protecting your data on devices.
Tell us what you have and we’ll come back with a no-obligation price. If we’re already collecting your shredding, we can take it at the same time.
No obligation. We’ll reply by email, usually the same day.
Deal with the data first: either wipe the drive with certified software or have it shredded. Then make sure the machine goes to a licensed waste carrier for recycling, and keep the paperwork. We do all three in one collection.
Computers that still work are wiped and reused. Anything else is recycled separately from general waste under the WEEE rules. Either way, the data is dealt with first.
The only certain way is to shred it. Drilling or hammering can leave parts of the disk readable. We shred hard drives and SSDs into 6mm fragments and record the serial numbers on your certificate.
If it still works, it can be wiped and reused. If not, it should be recycled. Either way, sort out the data first and don’t put it in the bin.
Council tips and some retailers take old computers (find one on Recycle Your Electricals), but they won’t deal with your data or give you paperwork. In the areas we cover, we collect, wipe or shred the drives, and send you a certificate.
Have them shredded. Loose drives we collect are always shredded, with the serial numbers listed on your certificate.
Flat-screen monitors are electrical waste and need to be recycled, not binned. We take them with the rest of your IT. We don’t take old CRT (box) monitors.
WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. The WEEE rules mean electricals have to be collected and recycled separately from general waste. GOV.UK explains when electrical equipment becomes WEEE.
No. Leave it in. On the form, tell us whether you want it wiped and reused, or shredded.
No. Deleting a file only removes its label, and the data stays until it’s overwritten. A factory reset is better, but isn’t guaranteed on every device.
A waste transfer note, a certificate of destruction and an asset report listing serial numbers.
No. Electricals have to be recycled separately, and laptop batteries can start fires in bin lorries. Your data would go with it too.
Yes, in the areas above. Tell us your order number or collection date on the form and we’ll take your old IT on the same visit.
Sometimes. Newer business equipment can earn a rebate; we’ll tell you when we quote.
