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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Solidaritech
Bradford · Yorkshire
Charity / social enterprise
Bradford community interest company that wipes and refurbishes donated laptops, desktops, tablets and phones and gives them to asylum seekers and refugees.
- Collection not stated
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Sonet Communications
Lisburn · N IrelandCovers the whole UK
Lisburn network cabling firm that also runs mobile hard-drive shredding, degaussing and WEEE collection for businesses.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Southern Electrical Recycling
Portsmouth · South East
Portsmouth WEEE recycler that collects IT and other electrical equipment, offers on-site or off-site drive shredding and refurbishes kit for resale.
- 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
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SPS Limited
Denny · Scotland
Stirling-area document shredding company that also granulates hard drives, tapes, discs and USB sticks.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
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STE Waste Management
Cheadle · North West
Cheadle Hulme waste firm offering on-site hard drive shredding and collection and recycling of business IT across south Manchester and Cheshire.
- Collection not stated
- 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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Steel City Consulting
Sheffield · Yorkshire
Sheffield enterprise IT supplier that also offers IT asset disposal, certified data destruction and buy-back of surplus hardware.
- Paid collection
- Businesses only
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Sumillion
Basingstoke · South EastCovers the whole UK
Basingstoke IT reseller and managed-service provider that also runs ITAD programmes: collection, certified data wiping, refurbishment and resale, and recycling.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
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Sunspeed
Bracknell · South East
Bracknell data centre services firm that decommissions data halls and disposes of retired hardware with certified data destruction, recycling and remarketing.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ISO 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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SurFurb Computers
Coventry · W MidlandsCovers the whole UK
Coventry IT recycling company offering free nationwide business collections, certified data erasure or shredding, and refurbishment of PCs for charities and schools.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Businesses only
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Surplex UK
London, Pendock · LondonCovers the whole UK
Family-founded ITAD firm with a London office and a processing centre near Gloucester, offering collection, certified data destruction, resale and zero-to-landfill recycling for organisations.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Businesses only
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register Waste carrier — 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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Surrey Shredding Services
Dorking · South East
Small Dorking shredding firm that collects paper records and electronic media such as hard drives from businesses and households for certified destruction.
- Paid collection
- Businesses & individuals
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register
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Sustainable Tech 4 Good (ST4G)
Stevenage, Cambridge, Peterborough · East
Stevenage company that collects organisations' surplus IT, erases it to HMG IS5 Enhanced, refurbishes it and donates it to people in need through charity partners or resells it.
- Collection not stated
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public 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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Swansea Computer Repairs (Midgard IT)
Swansea · Wales
Swansea computer repair and IT support business that also offers local data destruction and disposal of old IT equipment.
- Collection not stated
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Swansea MAD
Swansea · Wales
Charity / social enterprise
Swansea youth and community charity that takes donated computers, wipes or destroys their drives and rebuilds machines for local people in need.
- Free collection
- Drop-off accepted
- Individuals
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SWEEEP Kuusakoski
Sittingbourne · South EastCovers the whole UK
Large Kent WEEE processing plant that collects and recycles business and municipal electrical waste, including data wiping of computers.
- Paid collection
- Businesses only
AATF — verified on the Environment Agency AATF public register (September 2026 edition) ATF / permit — verified on the Environment Agency public register of permits
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Swindon Computer Recycling
Highworth · South West
Small Highworth-based service collecting unwanted computers from homes and businesses around Swindon, destroying data and selling refurbished kit.
- Free collection
- Businesses & individuals
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T&M Reuse Yorkshire
Leeds · Yorkshire
Leeds IT and WEEE recycler offering free business collections, data wiping, hard drive shredding and buy-back of used IT.
- Free 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 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +1 more
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Tameside Community Computers CIC
Dukinfield · North West
Charity / social enterprise
Volunteer-run Dukinfield CIC that collects donated laptops, PCs, tablets and phones, erases them with certified software, refurbishes them and passes them to people in digital poverty via partner organisations.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Businesses & individuals
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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Tec Hut
Winsford · North WestCovers the whole UK
Winsford-based IT asset disposal firm that collects business IT, wipes or destroys the data, and refurbishes and resells what it can.
- 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 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +1 more
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Tech Recycle
Reading · South EastCovers the whole UK
Berkshire IT recycler offering free UK-wide collection for ten or more items, data wiping or destruction, refurbishment and drop-off at Arborfield.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
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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Tech Recycling
Bridport · South West
Dorset sole trader that collects redundant business IT free of charge with data wiping, and buys used phones, tablets and laptops by post.
- Free collection
- Businesses & individuals
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Tech Scrubbers
Manchester · North WestCovers the whole UK
Stretford IT asset recycling firm offering certified data erasure on or off site, server and office IT clearances, and cash back for reusable kit.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register Waste carrier — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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Techbuyer
Harrogate · YorkshireCovers the whole UK
Harrogate refurbisher of servers and data centre hardware that also buys back used IT and offers ITAD with certified erasure.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
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 ISO 45001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked +2 more
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TechForAll Foundation
London · LondonCovers the whole UK
Charity / social enterprise
London-registered digital-inclusion charity that takes donated business laptops and PCs, has them wiped by a partner, and uses them for skills training for refugees, migrants and young people in The Gambia.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
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Technimove
Croydon, London, Wallington · LondonCovers the whole UK
Croydon-based data-centre migration and IT services firm that also runs a secure IT asset disposal service with data wiping, shredding, remarketing and recycling.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions register ISO 9001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked ISO 27001 — the company says it holds this; not yet checked
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TECHRE UK
Lincoln · E MidlandsCovers the whole UK
Lincoln-registered buyer of circuit boards and computer systems that also offers corporate IT disposal and data destruction with nationwide collections.
- Collection not stated
- 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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TechResort
Eastbourne · South East
Charity / social enterprise
Eastbourne digital-skills CIC that has run a device repurposing scheme since 2020, wiping, upgrading and re-gifting donated laptops, tablets and phones to people in East Sussex.
- Collection not stated
- Drop-off accepted
- Businesses & individuals
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TECHSALV
Ormskirk · North WestCovers the whole UK
Ormskirk IT recycling and data erasure company that collects business and education IT nationwide, erasing, reselling or recycling it.
- Free collection (conditions apply)
- Businesses only
T11 exemption — verified on the Environment Agency waste exemptions 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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Techwaste North East
Newcastle upon Tyne · North East
Newcastle IT recycling firm offering free collection and certified data destruction for organisations across the North East.
- Free collection
- Businesses only
Waste carrier — verified on the Environment Agency public register
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TechyTeam Recycling
Newry · N Ireland
Newry-based IT refurbisher and recycler offering IT asset disposal, data destruction and buy-back across Northern Ireland and the Republic.
- Collection not stated
- Businesses only
Cyber Essentials — the company says it holds this; not yet checked Other — the company says it holds this; not yet checked