Question To dispose of end-of-life and surplus devices or not?

[ITWipER8]

Who does it and who doesn't? Legally, we have to or we can cost our business $1MM's if there is leaked information. It should be required, no? If my equipment has value then I might get a revenue share. Who doesn't love free money?

Please share your thoughts on the topic. I appreciate your help!

 

[RealBeast]

Who does it and who doesn't? Legally, we have to or we can cost our business $1MM's if there is leaked information. It should be required, no? If my equipment has value then I might get a revenue share. Who doesn't love free money?

Please share your thoughts on the topic. I appreciate your help!

What devices?

If just storage devices you can secure erase HDDs using DBAN or a similar program that writes random number over all sectors multiple times. With an SSD a single secure erase should suffice. For an added level of comfort you can write a bunch of junk to the drives and then secure erase or DBAN them again.

If it is entire computers, then do the above to the storage devices and then install a Linux build so they have an OS for the buyer.

 

[Alabalcho]

In the yesteryear days, best solution for HDDs was a drill press (or target for shooting practice). I suppose same applies to SSDs as well.

 

[USAFRet]

Who does it and who doesn't? Legally, we have to or we can cost our business $1MM's if there is leaked information. It should be required, no? If my equipment has value then I might get a revenue share. Who doesn't love free money?

Please share your thoughts on the topic. I appreciate your help!

Given proper procedures, there should never be "leaked information".
There are companies that will put your drives through an actual shredder, and provide verified documentation of the destruction.
Sell off the rest of the system as fits its purpose.

 

[SamirD]

Working hardware deserves to keep working. Do what you have to for the data by using proper companies for that sort of thing, but the rest can generate a small chunk back. Even more if you just let your employees sell it for you can keep part of the sale as a 'commission'.

 

[kanewolf]

Who does it and who doesn't? Legally, we have to or we can cost our business $1MM's if there is leaked information. It should be required, no? If my equipment has value then I might get a revenue share. Who doesn't love free money?

Please share your thoughts on the topic. I appreciate your help!

The business has gotten beneficial use out of the device and the "value" has been diminished to zero via depreciation. I am of the opinion of recycle it. That ensures you don't contribute to the electronics pollution. Have a definite end of life, which allows the metals to be reclaimed and the toxins to be contained.

 

[SamirD]

The business has gotten beneficial use out of the device and the "value" has been diminished to zero via depreciation. I am of the opinion of recycle it. That ensures you don't contribute to the electronics pollution. Have a definite end of life, which allows the metals to be reclaimed and the toxins to be contained.

And the first step to recycling is reuse so if it is still working, pass it on or sell it to someone who will use it.

 

[kanewolf]

And the first step to recycling is reuse so if it is still working, pass it on or sell it to someone who will use it.

Giving it to charity or recycling, IMO are the only two outcomes that business computer hardware should have. You and I will have to disagree.

 

[SamirD]

Giving it to charity or recycling, IMO are the only two outcomes that business computer hardware should have. You and I will have to disagree.

What do you think charities do with them? Sell it to someone who can still use it. If it's broken, they recycle the components. Reusing is a part of recycling--it's the first step.