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Protect your confidential data. Simply deleting files from old hard disks is not enough. Hard disk shredding offers the ultimate peace of mind.
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Hard Drive Destruction & Shredding Services
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Why choose us for Hard Drive shredding?
- Unparalleled security: We utilise industry-leading industrial shredders, reducing hard disks to unrecognisable particles, ensuring complete data obliteration.
- Certified process: complies with, among others, ADiSA, WEEELABEX, DIN 66399 E5 and H5, NIST 800-88, ISO 27001, and NEN 7510 standards.
- Unwavering convenience: Opt for on-site shredding to witness the process or secure transport and shredding at our secure service centres across Europe.
- Comprehensive services: We shred not only hard disks, but also SSDs, USB drives, tapes, and other data carriers.
- Eco-conscious approach: We responsibly recycle shredded materials through certified partners, minimising environmental impact.
Certifications & Accreditations
What is Hard Drive Shredding?
Hard drive shredding involves physically destroying the storage platters within the drive, rendering data retrieval virtually impossible. Unlike software-based methods, physical hard drive shredding guarantees complete and irreversible data erasure.
Key Benefits of Professional Hard Drive Shredding & Data Destruction:
- Guaranteed data annihilation: Ensures absolute data security, eliminating the possibility of sensitive information falling into the wrong hands.
- Compliance with regulations: Meets data privacy regulations, UK GDPR and AVG GDPR, protecting your business from hefty fines and reputational damage.
- Unmatched peace of mind: Gain complete confidence that your data is truly gone, providing valuable peace of mind.
- Environmentally responsible: Our shredding process incorporates responsible recycling, minimising your environmental footprint.
Our ITAD locations
Netherlands
Denmark
Belgium
United Kingdom
Choose from two secure data destruction methods:
Secure Data Wiping: On-site or Off-site
Choose on-site or off-site data erasure with Blancco’s certified software. Your data is securely deleted, and you get a certificate. Devices stay functional and valuable.
Physical Destruction of Data Carrier: On-site or Off-site
Our high-power shredders guarantee irreversible data destruction from storage media, on-site or off-site. Devices are destroyed, and you receive a destruction certificate.
How our Hard Drive Disposal service works
Contact us
Call +44 845 206 8100 or fill in the form below to get started.
Make an appointment
Tell us what data carriers you need shredded and whether you prefer on-site service or shredding at our secure service centre
On-site destruction
We’ll come to you and handle the hard disk shredding right there.
Or: pick-up and transport
We pick up your hard disks or other data carriers with our own secure transport and take it to our service centre.
Hard drive shredding
Per our agreement, we’ll physically shred your hard disks, making them unrecoverable.
Reporting and certificates
You’ll receive detailed reporting and destruction certificates, confirming your hard drives have been securely shredded.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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How much does hard drive shredding cost?
Costs for hard drive shredding vary depending on the number of drives / data carriers and your chosen service. Contact us for a free quote.
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What happens to the shredded hard drives?
Shredded materials from hard drives or other data carriers are always responsibly recycled through certified partners, minimizing environmental impact.
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How safe is hard disk shredding?
The hard drive shredding service from Circular IT group complies with, among others: WEEELABEX, DIN 66399 E5 and H5, NIST 800-88, ISO 27001, and NEN 7510 standards.
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What type of data carriers can be shredded?
Circular IT group doesn’t just shred hard drives, but also other data carriers like SSD drives, tapes, ID Cards or USB sticks.
Here’s a list of data carriers that can typically be shredded:
1. Hard drives (HDDs and SSDs)
2. USB flash drives
3. CD/DVDs
4. Magnetic tapes
5. Floppy disks
6. Memory cards (SD cards, microSD cards)
7. Solid-state drives (SSDs) beyond software wiping
8. Mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, without batteries!)
9. Backup tapes
10. Zip drivesThis process ensures the complete destruction of data on these devices, making data recovery impossible.
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