Oregon businesses have an especially good reason to create a formal electronics-disposition process.
Oregon prohibits the disposal of computers, monitors, and televisions in the garbage or at disposal sites such as landfills and incinerators.
For businesses, that prohibition is only one part of a broader IT asset disposition strategy.
Why Oregon businesses need a formal ITAD process
Commercial IT retirement can involve security, logistics, inventory control, value recovery, and documentation requirements that go well beyond basic recycling.
Typical business ITAD projects can include:
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600 laptops
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75 monitors
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servers
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switches
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storage arrays
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UPS units
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smartphones
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backup media
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hard drives
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POS systems
And it may need proof that data-bearing assets were properly handled.
Electronics recycling becomes an information-security project
For commercial organizations, the most important thing inside an old laptop may not be the hardware.
It's the information.
CTL's R2v3 Appendix B-certified data sanitization processes add controls around security, traceability, verification, recordkeeping, and quality control.
When reuse is not appropriate, physical data destruction may be the better option. CTL is NAID AAA-certified for HDD and SSD destruction.
Don't destroy value unnecessarily
Security doesn't always require destroying the entire device.
If storage media can be securely sanitized, functional equipment may potentially be refurbished or remarketed.
That creates a better potential outcome:
Secure data sanitization plus reuse can mean recovered value and reduced waste.
Oregon IT teams don't need another operational project
An IT refresh already requires procurement, staging, deployment, migration and support.
Adding packing, inventory, shipping, destruction and recycling can overwhelm internal staff.
CTL's ITAD services can include collection, white-glove packing, tracking, data protection, refurbishment, and responsible recycling.
Planning an Oregon technology refresh?
Before you recycle the old fleet, find out what it's worth.
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