Data destruction
Making the data on old drives and devices unrecoverable — by software erasure, shredding or degaussing — usually with a certificate as proof.
This page includes: Data erasure, On-site shredding, Off-site shredding, Degaussing.
449 companies offering data destruction
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As stated by each company. Want them by distance? Search with your postcode.
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Power IT World
Ilford · LondonCovers the whole UK
Hainault-based free computer recycling and data-wiping service collecting IT from businesses and individuals, trading as Power IT World, London's Computer Recycling and Electronic Recycling.
- Free collection
- Businesses & individuals
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register
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Power to Connect
London · London
Charity / social enterprise
Wandsworth digital-inclusion charity that collects working laptops, tablets and smartphones, wipes and refurbishes them with volunteers, and gives them to local families through schools and community partners.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
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PPMElectronics
Dagenham · LondonCovers the whole UK
Small London-based ITAD firm offering free UK collection, Blancco data wiping, asset reporting, remarketing and recycling through partners.
- Free collection
- Businesses only
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register Cyber Essentials Plus — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Blancco — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Preloved Tech
Newport · W MidlandsCovers the whole UK
Shropshire mobile and IT recycling and recommerce company buying devices from consumers and running certified data destruction and rebate programmes for businesses and schools.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses & individuals
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register
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Premier IT Disposal
Southampton · South EastCovers the whole UK
Southampton ITAD firm offering on-site and off-site drive shredding, data erasure, remarketing and recycling nationwide.
- Paid collection
- No drop-off
- Businesses & individuals
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +2 more
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PreventaPest (PreventaTheft shredding)
Ammanford · Wales
Ammanford pest control and PAT testing firm whose PreventaTheft shredding service also destroys hard drives, phones, tablets and other media.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses & individuals
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PrimeIT Disposal
Birmingham · W MidlandsCovers the whole UK
Birmingham-based ITAD firm offering business IT collections across mainland UK with data wiping or shredding, resale rebates and recycling.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Printer Maintenance Ltd (PML)
Northwich · North WestCovers the whole UK
Northwich family firm that buys, refurbishes and exports used printers and copiers and offers free nationwide collection, certified data erasure and hard drive shredding for IT disposal.
- Free collection
- Businesses & individuals
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +3 more
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Printwaste Recycling & Shredding
Cheltenham · South West
Cheltenham commercial waste and shredding company that collects business WEEE, including computers, servers and phones, and shreds hard drives and media at its secure facility.
- Paid collection
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 45001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +2 more
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Priority Waste
Bedford · EastCovers the whole UK
Bedford waste management company whose services include secure WEEE recycling of IT equipment, hard drive and data shredding, and IT asset resale with profit share.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Procurri
Cirencester, Warrington · South WestCovers the whole UK
Global IT lifecycle company whose UK and European operation, based in Cirencester, provides ITAD, certified data erasure and hardware remarketing.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ADISA 8.0 · DIAL 2 — verified on the ADISA Certification register ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +1 more
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Protech
Peterlee · North EastCovers the whole UK
Peterlee ITAD company with an ADISA-certified facility offering secure collection, data erasure, resale and donation of IT.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ADISA 8.0 · DIAL 2 — verified on the ADISA Certification register ISO 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Pure Planet Recycling
Cardington · EastCovers the whole UK
Bedfordshire WEEE recycler and treatment facility that collects and recycles business IT and electrical waste, with hard drive shredding and resale of working kit.
- Paid collection
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register ATF / permit — verified on the Environment Agency public register of permits ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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PYCO RENEW
Rochdale, Ilford · North WestCovers the whole UK
Rochdale ITAD start-up offering free business collections, NIST 800-88 data wiping and IT recycling.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register Cyber Essentials — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Quality Waste
Kislingbury · E MidlandsCovers the whole UK
Northamptonshire WEEE and IT recycling company offering low-cost nationwide collections, free pickup for 10+ qualifying devices, and data wiping or shredding.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Rapid IT
Padiham, Northampton · North WestCovers the whole UK
Lancashire IT lifecycle company handling secure disposal, data destruction, refurbishment and resale of business IT.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register AATF — verified on the Environment Agency AATF public register (September 2026 edition) ADISA 8.0 · DIAL 2 — verified on the ADISA Certification register ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +2 more
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ReBOOT (Moray Computer Recycling)
Forres · Scotland
Charity / social enterprise
Forres charity that has recycled and refurbished computers for Moray and the north of Scotland since 1997, with free collection and data wiping.
- Free collection
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
Waste carrier — the company says it holds this; not yet checked SEPA registration — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Reboot Stirling (Transition Stirling)
Stirling · Scotland
Charity / social enterprise
Stirling charity project that collects, wipes and refurbishes laptops free for local businesses and residents, passing devices to low-income households.
- Free collection
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
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Rebooted
Cambridge · EastCovers the whole UK
Charity / social enterprise
Cambridge-based charity that takes donated business and personal laptops, has them securely erased, reloads them with ChromeOS and gives them to prison leavers and prisoners' families.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses & individuals
Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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REC Assets
Dagenham · London
Dagenham reuse business that takes in WEEE and IT from waste management firms and individuals, wipes and refurbishes it and resells it online, sharing the profit with suppliers.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register
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ReCognition Circular
Birmingham · W Midlands
Charity / social enterprise
Birmingham community interest company that refurbishes donated business laptops and devices for digitally excluded people while training people facing barriers to work.
- Free collection
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Reconome
London · LondonCovers the whole UK
London B Corp that collects, wipes and refurbishes surplus business IT, resells it and uses it to supply devices for digital inclusion programmes.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +3 more
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ReCore IT
East of England
Essex and Suffolk ITAD service collecting business laptops, PCs and servers, wiping to NIST 800-88 with certificates and refurbishing for reuse.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Recorra
London, Purfleet, Lancing and 1 more · London
London and South East commercial waste company (formerly Paper Round) that collects business IT for Blancco data wiping, shredding, refurbishment and WEEE recycling.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register ATF / permit — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 45001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +3 more
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Recycle IT 4 Free
Cheltenham · South West
Cheltenham IT recycler offering free business collections of reusable IT, data destruction and chargeable WEEE disposal.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Recycle IT 4U
Telford · W MidlandsCovers the whole UK
Telford IT recycler, founded 2004, collecting and refurbishing business IT and WEEE with NCSC-approved data wiping and drive shredding.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +1 more
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Recycle Your Tec
Haverhill · EastCovers the whole UK
Haverhill IT disposal company that collects, wipes, refurbishes and resells business IT, and since 2025 also runs the New Leaf Recycling office-waste and electronics collection business.
- Collection not stated
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Recycle-IT!
Bolton · North West
Charity / social enterprise
Bolton social enterprise that collects and wipes donated IT, refurbishes it for low-cost resale and recycles the rest.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register
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RecycleIT
Burnley · North WestCovers the whole UK
Burnley IT disposal company offering data sanitisation, shredding, refurbishment and resale of retired business IT.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Businesses only
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ADISA 8.0 · DIAL 2 — verified on the ADISA Certification register ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 14001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +3 more
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Recycling4you
Horncastle · E MidlandsCovers the whole UK
Horncastle-based national WEEE collector best known for commercial fridge disposal, which also shreds hard drives and wipes computers under an asset management service.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked