IT Asset Recovery & ITAD Blog
Explore practical ITAD guidance on data destruction, equipment buyback, recycling, and asset recovery. Read SSTEK insights for IT and procurement teams.
Latest ITAD and electronics recycling resources
- Corporate Laptop Refresh Checklist: How to Retire Old Laptops Safely — Planning a corporate laptop refresh? Follow this checklist to ensure data security, compliance documentation, and maximum value recovery from your retired fleet.
- Electronics Recycling vs. ITAD: What's the Difference? — Electronics recycling and ITAD are not the same thing. Learn the key differences, when each approach makes sense, and how the right strategy can save your business money while protecting your data.
- How to Sell Corporate IT Equipment: A Step-by-Step Guide — Retiring corporate IT equipment? This guide walks you through the entire process — from inventory and data security to finding a buyer and coordinating pickup for maximum value recovery.
- NIST SP 800-88 Data Sanitization: What It Is and Why Your Business Needs It — NIST SP 800-88 is the federal standard for media sanitization. Learn the three levels of data destruction — Clear, Purge, and Destroy — and why your business needs certified sanitization certificates.
- What Is IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)? A Complete Guide for Businesses — IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) is the process of safely retiring, repurposing, and recycling IT equipment. Learn why businesses need a documented ITAD program and how it protects your data and bottom line.
- Preparing for an IT Audit: Getting Your Disposal Records in Order — IT audits increasingly scrutinize equipment disposal practices. This guide helps you prepare the documentation auditors expect to see for data destruction and asset disposition.
- Networking Equipment Buyback: What Your Switches and Routers Are Worth — Retired networking equipment — switches, routers, firewalls, and access points — often has significant resale value that IT departments overlook. Here's how to recover that value.
- IT Asset Tracking: From Procurement to End of Life — Effective IT asset tracking starts at procurement and ends at disposition. This guide covers how to build a tracking system that ensures compliance and maximizes value recovery at every stage.
- GDPR and IT Asset Disposal: What US Companies Need to Know — If your company handles data from EU citizens, GDPR has implications for how you dispose of IT equipment. Here's what US-based companies need to know.
- Managing IT Equipment Retirement Across Multiple Office Locations — Multi-site IT equipment retirement adds layers of complexity. This guide covers how to coordinate logistics, maintain data security, and control costs across distributed locations.
- The Environmental Impact of Electronics Recycling: By the Numbers — Electronics recycling isn't just good for compliance — it's essential for environmental sustainability. These numbers illustrate why responsible processing matters.
- Maximizing Value Recovery from Retired IT Equipment — Retired IT equipment still has significant value — if you act at the right time and work with the right partner. This guide shows how to maximize your return.
- Battery Handling in Electronics Recycling: Safety and Compliance — Batteries are one of the most hazardous components in electronics recycling. This guide covers the safety protocols and regulations that every processor must follow.
- Choosing the Right ITAD Vendor: A Checklist for IT Procurement — Not all ITAD vendors are equal. This checklist helps IT procurement teams evaluate vendors on the factors that matter most — certifications, data security, and documentation.
- The Cost of a Data Breach: Why Prevention Is Always Cheaper Than Cleanup — The average data breach costs $3.8 million. Many breaches originate from improperly disposed IT equipment. Investing in certified data destruction is orders of magnitude cheaper than breach response.
- Server Decommissioning: A Practical Guide for Data Center Managers — Decommissioning servers is one of the most complex IT projects a data center can undertake. This guide covers everything from planning to final disposition.
- The Rise of SSD Storage and Its Implications for Data Destruction — SSDs are rapidly replacing HDDs in corporate environments, but most IT departments are still using HDD-era data destruction methods. This creates a significant security gap.
- Understanding E-Waste Regulations: What Every Business Needs to Know — E-waste regulations are tightening across the United States. This guide breaks down what businesses need to know about federal and state requirements for disposing of electronic equipment.