Independent School IT Refresh &
Secure Data Destruction Project
A Leading London Independent Senior School
Computer IT Disposals cleared a retired IT estate for a leading London independent senior school over the summer break — 276 IT assets collected in a single working day, every drive erased to HMG Infosec Standard No. 5, with 100% diverted from landfill and full UK GDPR compliance.
Project Completed
Project Snapshot
- Industry
- Education — leading London independent senior school
- Client
- Anonymous (by request)
- Sector
- Education
- Date Completed
- 31 July 2025
- Duration
- 1 working day
- Equipment Collected
- 276 IT assets
- Services Provided
- Computer & laptop recycling, secure data destruction, WEEE recycling
- Method of Destruction
- HMG Infosec Standard No. 5 erasure
- Compliance
- UK GDPR, WEEE, ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
- Certificates Issued
- WEEE Disposal & Data Destruction Certificates
Key Results
Collected
Destruction
to Landfill
Certificates Issued
Completion
The Challenge
Children’s Personal Data
136 laptop and 126 desktop drives held pupil records, safeguarding logs and staff HR data covered by UK GDPR that had to be provably destroyed.
Managed Devices
MDM-enrolled laptops and tablets had to be identified and deprovisioned so they could be erased and released, not shipped out still tied to the school’s console.
Summer Window
The whole clearance had to run inside the summer break, alongside decorators and a new intake, and be finished before staff and pupils returned.
Full Compliance
UK GDPR, safeguarding duty of care 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 booked into the summer break, with the whole estate scheduled for a single visit.
2. On-Site Audit
All 276 items logged and counted onto the Waste Transfer Note; managed devices flagged for deprovisioning.
3. Secure Collection
Loaded by our own BS 7858-screened team into a GPS-tracked vehicle — one unbroken chain of custody.
4. Data Destruction
Enrolment status checked, then every laptop, tablet, desktop and server drive erased to HMG Infosec Standard No. 5, the UK Government standard, and certified per device.
5. Reuse & Recycling
Erased devices with working life left refurbished for reuse — the lowest-carbon outcome; 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.
Largest Equipment Categories
Environmental Impact
- Erasure — not destruction — kept working laptops and desktops in circulation, the lowest-carbon end-of-life outcome.
- Zero waste to landfill — 100% of collected equipment diverted through reuse and recovery.
- Recovered metals and plastics returned to the circular economy.
- An ESG report provided for the school’s sustainability reporting and Climate Action Plan work.
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Free collection available for qualifying items · certificates within 5 working days · 100% diverted from landfill.