Media Destruction
Data erasure and digital media shredding.
Secure Shredding Services
Data Erasure, Destruction & Recycling.
Crucial data held on hard drives, flash drives, and optical discs is a thief's goldmine. To ensure complete data erasure, more than deleting files or reformatting a disk is needed. Chaffinch's media destruction service guarantees permanent deletion and recycles compatible parts. We also collect entire PCs to address any IT disposal and recycling needs, such as office clearances or tech upgrades. Whatever form your storage media takes, we can provide a solution that works for you.
Features of Media Destruction.
Specialist Equipment
Our high-tech digital data media shredder can securely and efficiently destroy a broad spectrum of digital media devices, including optical disks (CDs and DVDs), removable storage (USB drives, SD cards, and compact flash cards), solid-state drives, microfilm, audio and backup tapes, and floppy disks. We even offer tape shredding services for old VHS tapes.
Flexible Collections
Chaffinch offers tailored collection options to ensure ease and convenience for every client. We provide scheduled services for regular IT asset disposal needs, ensuring your equipment is collected and processed at your convenience. Additionally, we offer on-demand collection services for urgent disposal requirements. Our team will work with you to schedule a collection at your earliest convenience, ensuring that your sensitive data is destroyed and your equipment is recycled.
Audit Trail
Chaffinch’s secure chain of custody procedures ensures that your data remains confidential and your equipment is handled responsibly throughout the destruction process. Our trained professionals follow strict protocols, including tamper-evident labels and CCTV monitoring, to maintain complete control over your media from collection to destruction.
Sustainable Disposal
We also prioritise sustainability by responsibly recycling electronic waste. Our approved WEEE recycling partner ensures that your hard drives and other digital devices are processed and repurposed in an environmentally friendly way, minimising the need to mine new resources.
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Contact usBenefits of Media Destruction.
Cost Savings
Destroying old or unwanted media and IT equipment eliminates the need for storage and maintenance, reducing associated costs.
Legal Compliance
Securely destroying PII or PHI on media devices is the law. We are DPA-compliant and fully accredited to the required industry standards.
Enhanced Security
Retaining old devices leaves them vulnerable to theft. We provide an audit trail and chain of custody record from collection to destruction.
Increased Efficiency
Instead of attempting to delete the data on your devices and then taking a trip to your recycling centre, we manage everything for you.
Added Convenience
We handle data erasure, destruction and disposal for you, easing operational and compliance pressures. Just give us a call.
Guaranteed Destruction
Our industrial shredding machinery will destroy your media devices and data beyond all possible reconstruction or recognition.
How It Works.
Collection
Our team of BS7858-certified professionals will collect your media devices at your convenience and provide a Waste Transfer Notice.
Shredding
We securely destroy your media devices at our dedicated industrial shredding facility, ensuring your data is erased and irretrievable.
Certificate
Once destruction is complete, you'll receive a Certificate of Destruction for your records, demonstrating your compliance with the DPA.
Recycling
We responsibly recycle your electronic waste through our approved WEEE recycling partner, meeting The Recycling Association standards.
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Frequently Asked Questions.
Why shred digital media devices?
Shredding eliminates the risk of data getting into the wrong hands, which is vital to any company or organisation that does not want to compromise its business. It’s crucial for anyone who requires data to be disposed of safely and securely. Shredding is seen as the preferred method of disposal for redundant equipment, as hard drives/media can be shredded down to unrecoverable particles.
We can shred your hard drives to particles as small as 4mm, which meets the stringent requirements of most government departments worldwide and complies with the Secure Destruction of Confidential Materials BS EN 15713 code of practice.
What types of media devices can be securely destroyed by shredding?
Our high-tech digital data media shredder can securely and efficiently destroy a wide spectrum of digital media devices, including optical disks (CDs and DVDs), removable storage (USB drives, SD cards, and compact flash cards), solid-state drives, microfilm, audio and backup tapes, and floppy disks. We even offer tape shredding services for old VHS tapes.
What happens to my media devices after they are collected?
We securely destroy your media devices at our dedicated industrial shredding facility, ensuring your data is erased and irretrievable. We then responsibly recycle your electronic waste through our approved WEEE recycling partner, meeting The Recycling Association standards.
How do I schedule a collection for my media devices?
Chaffinch offers tailored collection options to ensure ease and convenience for every client. We provide scheduled services for regular IT asset disposal needs, ensuring your equipment is collected and processed at your convenience. Additionally, we offer on-demand collection services for urgent disposal requirements. Our team will work with you to schedule a collection at your earliest convenience, ensuring that your sensitive data is securely destroyed and your equipment is handled responsibly.
How can I be sure that my data is irretrievable after shredding?
Our professional electronic data destruction equipment will destroy your hard drives and data beyond all possible reconstruction or recognition. We also provide a Certificate of Destruction for your records, demonstrating your compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018.
What are the benefits of using a professional media destruction service?
Destroying old or unwanted media and IT equipment eliminates the need for storage and maintenance, reducing associated costs. Securely destroying PII or PHI on media devices is the law. Additionally, storing old devices on-site leaves them vulnerable to theft. Our service provides an audit trail and chain of custody record from collection to destruction, increasing security and efficiency.