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Do you own old laptops and want to get rid of them? Don’t throw away laptops yourself. The risks involved are sometimes incalculable. Instead, engage a certified company that will professionally destroy all your old laptops. More information about laptop destruction? Then read on quickly or make an appointment right away.

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Data destruction - The process

Do you own old laptops and want to get rid of them? Then be careful about handing over your spent laptops for recycling. The risks involved are sometimes incalculable. Instead, engage a certified company that will professionally destroy all your old laptops. Need more information about laptop destruction? Then read on quickly or make an appointment right away.

Step 1: Making an appointment

Click on “Make anappointment” and choose icon for laptop

Step 2: On-site or pick-up

Choose on-site destruction or our pickup service.

Step 3: What do you want to destroy:

Pass on what you want destroyed.

Step 4: Schedule an appointment

Make an appointment and you will receive a confirmation email with a date.

Step 5: Transportation

On the appointed date, our drivers will come by.

Step 6: Certification

Within 5 business days, you will receive an email with the list of serial numbers and the data destruction certificate.

Improperly destroying your hardware: risks

New laptops up and running or is there still a pile of outdated and defective laptops in a corner? Don’t just throw old laptops in the trash! This is because improper recycling of hardware carries risks. A data breach is perhaps the biggest risk. Confidential data can fall into the wrong hands after which a data breach occurs. Also, personal information left behind after improperly destroying a hard drive can be used for identity theft.

There is also an ecological aspect to improperly recycling hardware. For example, a hard drive contains harmful materials such as lead, mercury and cadmium. Certified destruction reduces the risk of spreading these materials with environmental and public health implications.

Why destroy your laptop?

A laptop is used for many different purposes. A laptop manages finances, stores important business information or collects sensitive, personal files. The reason for destroying old laptops – or rather the hard drive inside them – is not important to us. What does matter to us is that it is done in the right way. IT Recycling is therefore the party for the destruction of digital information and data carriers.

How does our pick-up service work?

Destroying hard drives in laptops through IT Recycling is a very simple procedure. On the pre-agreed date, we come by to collect your data carriers, such as hard drives, tapes or cell phones. These are transported in specially sealed containers for optimal security.

Should you have other computer waste besides data carriers, we can take it away simultaneously and free of charge. In our workspace in Veghel, we carefully register everything and dismantle the hard drives from the systems. Then we destroy the data carriers with our professional data shredder. Within 5 working days after collection, we send you a registration of the serial numbers, a certificate of data destruction, an environmental certificate and the invoice.

Choose a certified company

Safety and accuracy are important pillars when destroying old laptops. By having this done by a certified company, you can be sure that the destruction meets all requirements. Certifications are only issued by recognized organizations that review a company’s processes and procedures. A certified company has proven that it meets specific standards of professionalism and reliability. IT Recycling is one such certified company.

Always back up

When IT Recycling collects and destroys your old laptops, all the data is gone. After all, that is the purpose of destruction. Making a backup is therefore necessary should you wish valuable or necessary data to be preserved. Backing up is your own responsibility. Once a hard drive is erased and destroyed, IT Recycling cannot restore it.

The difference between recycling or destroying old laptops

The purpose of recycling or destroying old laptops seems the same, but that is not quite the case. In fact, the main purpose of laptop recycling is to reuse and recover valuable materials from old laptops. For example, think of metals or plastics that can be used elsewhere for by a new owner.

When we speak of destroying laptops, it is actually destroying the hard disk of the laptop. To do this, we remove the hard drive from the laptop and the hard drive then goes into our shredder after registration. The rest of the laptop is then recycled. The shreds of the shredded hard disk are also recycled. So it is first destroying the hard disk of the laptop and then recycling the laptop and the shredded hard disk. Thus, no valuable resources are lost and the data of the previous owner is destroyed completely definitely.

What else you can contact us for

Collecting electronic devices for destruction, is daily routine for IT Recycling. Tapes, phones, USB sticks, DVDs , hard drives, and external hard drive or other special software, we destroy every conceivable data carrier. By the way, this is easy to arrange online. Make an appointment and we will start working for you within a week. Make an appointment and we will start working for you within a week. To maintain discretion, you will be given a confidentiality and destruction agreement immediately upon making an appointment.

Our name says it all, but we are also the right place for recycling. Monitors, printers, computers, copiers, lithium, electronics are all picked up FREE for recycling. Please note; only parties with computer waste of at least 200 kg can use this service. This service is not for individuals.

Professionalism, security and transparency

Professionalism, safety and transparency are three core values that IT Recycling swears by. This is reflected in clear communication about processes and adherence to strict safety protocols. We ensure that everything is destroyed properly. Then you can enjoy a new laptop with peace of mind.

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Getting your old laptops destroyed by a certified company with years of experience? Choose IT recycling. Schedule an appointment with us today and within a week we will pick up all the hardware for you. Curious about the cost of data destruction? Click here for an overview.