Healthcare Consultancy IT Clearance &
Secure Data Destruction Project
An Established UK Healthcare & Life Sciences Consultancy
Computer IT Disposals cleared a data-rich IT estate for an established UK healthcare and life sciences consultancy — 428 IT assets collected in a single working day, including 369 hard drives, M.2 drives and data tapes erased to HMG Infosec Standard No. 5 or shredded to BS EN 15713, with 100% diverted from landfill and full UK GDPR compliance.
Project Completed
Project Snapshot
- Industry
- Healthcare & life sciences — established UK consultancy
- Client
- Anonymous (by request)
- Sector
- Healthcare & NHS
- Date Completed
- 30 September 2024
- Duration
- 1 working day
- Equipment Collected
- 428 IT assets (1 switch returned to client)
- Services Provided
- Secure data destruction, hard drive & data tape shredding, computer recycling, WEEE recycling
- Method of Destruction
- HMG Infosec Standard No. 5 erasure & BS EN 15713 shredding
- Compliance
- UK GDPR, WEEE, ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
- Certificates Issued
- WEEE Disposal & Data Destruction Certificates
Key Results
Collected
Destroyed
to Landfill
Certificates Issued
Completion
The Challenge
Special Category Data
203 hard drives, 56 M.2 drives and 110 backup tapes held patient-identifiable and research data — special category data under UK GDPR — that had to be provably destroyed.
Backup-Tape Archives
Legacy data tapes are easily overlooked and rarely erasable. Each of the 110 tapes was tracked by barcode and physically destroyed, not simply wiped.
Governance Evidence
Every drive and tape had to be reconcilable line by line against the consultancy’s asset register — the form of evidence an information governance review expects.
Full Compliance
UK GDPR, the common law duty of confidentiality and the WEEE Duty of Care all had to be satisfied, with certificates and a serialised audit trail as evidence.
Our Solution: End-to-End IT Recycling Process
1. Planning
Collection scheduled around the consultancy’s operations, coordinated through a single point of contact.
2. On-Site Audit
All 428 items logged and counted onto the Waste Transfer Note; one switch identified for return to the client.
3. Secure Collection
Loaded by our own BS 7858-screened team into a GPS-tracked vehicle — one unbroken chain of custody.
4. Data Destruction
Reusable drives erased to HMG Infosec Standard No. 5; 203 hard drives, 56 M.2 drives and 110 data tapes shredded to BS EN 15713, each logged by serial or barcode.
5. Reuse & Recycling
Working equipment refurbished for reuse; the rest recovered for materials. 100% diverted from landfill.
6. Certification
WEEE Disposal and Data Destruction Certificates issued under one reference within five working days.
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Environmental Impact
- CO2 emissions avoided by refurbishing working devices for reuse ahead of recycling.
- Zero waste to landfill — 100% of collected equipment, including shredded media, diverted.
- Recovered metals and plastics returned to the circular economy.
- An ESG report provided to support the consultancy’s sustainability and governance reporting.
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Free collection available for qualifying items · certificates within 5 working days · 100% diverted from landfill.