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- Shred Size / Particle Size is Important
- Strip Cut, Cross Cut, Rotary Grind
- Purge Campaigns, Eliminate Non-Essential Documents
- Certified Destruction
- On Going Document Recycling and Shredding
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- Hard Drive Destruction, Degaussing and Computer Recycling
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Hard Drive Destruction, Degaussing, and Computer Recycling
Eliminating E-Risk is the latest concern of every company. What to do with unwanted, outdated, and obsolete electronic equipment is a hot topic these days. There are many methods and companies who say they provide a secure way to eliminate your E-Risk and properly dispose of your old electronic equipment but only one truly gets the job done. Your goal is to find a company that completely destroys the equipment and the data stored in the equipment and has the ability to recycle 100% of the final product.
Simply overwriting hard drives and sending them to a recycler is not a safe disposal method. Over writing is just that, writing over data. The data is still there just hidden under meaningless script. People who want your data know what they are looking for and know how to get it. Recyclers are in business to make money reselling components of your old equipment and nothing more. Most simply discard non-resalable components or send them to dump locations around the globe. Critical information can still be obtained from hard drives, motherboards, and memory chips, all of which could expose your company to unnecessary litigation and legal action.
Many companies send their equipment to a shredding company that breaks up the equipment into pieces. Substantial data can reside on these small pieces and particles. A device called a magnetic force microscope has a primary function of getting data off the surface of pieces of platter that make up hard drives. The material produced usually ends up in a land fill and is not recycled. In general, disposal methods such as smelting, exporting, and dumping in a land fill, are not economical or environmentally friendly.
Degaussing is the process of decreasing or removing the magnetic field of a hard drive or other data storage device or media. When done by an expert the devices are rendered unreadable. However, when the process is not done correctly the data is available for discovery and mining. Degaussing is part of the answer when establishing your electronic equipment destruction policy, but it is not the whole answer.
The experts at J. D. Carton & Son are ready to help set up and maintain your secure destruction policy and remove your E-Risk. Shredding, degaussing, and delamination are all part of the process. Our solution destroys your equipment 100% and creates material that is 100% recyclable. The grounds from each computer are separated into their various elements including plastic, glass, aluminum, steel, copper and more, which are then recycled. This process produces zero waste, making it the only true green e-waste removal solution.
J. D. Carton & Son is ready to help your company set up its equipment destruction program. It starts with a brief meeting where we will discuss your goals and wishes. We will perform a free evaluation of your current situation where you will learn what you are doing correctly and where you may want to consider getting help.