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Disposing of IT properly

• What is ITAD (IT asset disposal)?ITAD means retiring old computers, phones, servers and network kit in a controlled way: removing the data, reusing or r…
• T11, ATF and AATF: what the licences meanThe environmental licences you’ll see on IT recycling and ITAD websites — T11 exemptions, permits (ATFs) and AATF appro…
• WEEE rules when your business gets rid of ITHow the WEEE Regulations apply to old business computers, phones and screens: the categories, who pays for collection a…
• Duty of care, waste transfer notes and hazardous wasteWhat the waste duty of care means when your organisation gets rid of IT: checking the next holder on the public registe…
• Data protection when you dispose of ITWhat UK GDPR expects when old computers, phones and drives leave your organisation: the security principle, records of …
• Data wiping and destruction standards explainedWhat the NCSC’s sanitisation guidance, NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, ADISA’s schemes and older labels such as “IS5 compliant” …

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Every listing comes from the company’s own website and is dated. We then look up waste carrier registrations, exemptions, permits and AATF approvals on the regulators’ public registers, and certifications on the scheme’s own list where one exists. More about the data.