IT Asset Disposition · Lawrence, MA
Retired IT equipment still holds your customers’ data. We retire it with one call.
Laptops, desktops, workstations and servers leave your organization, but the customer records on their drives remain your responsibility. Renewable Technology Resources collects the equipment, sanitizes or crushes every drive to NIST SP 800-88, and sends you a serial number list and a one-page certificate of destruction.
One call covers
- Pickup, or drop-off at 616 Essex St, Lawrence
- NIST SP 800-88 Clear or Purge sanitization
- Batch or serialized drive crushing
- Serial number list for your records
- One-page certificate of destruction
- An offer on equipment with resale value
The risk
A data breach doesn’t need a hacker. It only needs one old drive.
Deleted files can be recovered. A formatted drive can still hold data. A factory reset is not enough for business equipment that is leaving your control.
Retired laptops and servers end up in storage closets, with resellers, donated or in the trash. Each one can still hold customer records, financial files and employee information.
If a drive is ever traced back to your organization, the question your customers, auditors and compliance team will ask is simple: can you show what happened to it?
Without a documented wipe or physical destruction, the answer is no, and the liability stays with you.
The fix
One call. Every drive handled. A one-page certificate at the end.
You tell us what you are retiring. We take it from there and hand you the documentation you need to close the file.
1. One call or email
Send the types of equipment, an approximate quantity and your location to itad@renewabletechnologyresources.com or call 978-965-2728.
2. Every drive handled
Each drive is sanitized to NIST SP 800-88 Clear or Purge, or physically crushed, at our Lawrence facility or our partner’s facility.
3. Documentation you can file
You receive a serial number list and a one-page certificate of destruction for your records and audits.
What we take
Built for business computer equipment
Laptops & desktops
Business laptops, desktops and all-in-ones, from a handful of units to a full office refresh.
Workstations & servers
Engineering workstations, servers and the storage inside them. Include them in your request and we will confirm what we can take.
Drives & storage
Loose hard drives, SSDs and other computer storage pulled from your equipment.
Also clearing out tablets, phones, monitors, CRT monitors and TVs, printers, copiers or conference room technology? We take those too. See Electronics Recycling. Tablet and phone storage is wiped or destroyed as well.
Data destruction
NIST SP 800-88 sanitization or physical crushing. You choose.
Drives that will be reused are sanitized to NIST SP 800-88, using Clear or Purge depending on the drive. Drives that need to be destroyed are physically crushed, in one of two ways.
Batch crushing
Drives are crushed together as a batch, and your certificate of destruction covers the job. A good fit for large volumes where a job-level record is enough.
Serialized crushing
Each drive’s serial number is recorded before it is crushed, so your certificate of destruction ties every serial number to its destruction. Built for audits and regulated data.
Where it happens: at our facility, 616 Essex St, Ste 2, Lawrence, MA 01841, or, for larger jobs, at our recycling partner’s facility. Destruction is never done at your office.
Asset recovery
Equipment with value left in it gets a second life
Working laptops, desktops and servers can be refurbished and resold once their drives are sanitized. Send us the details, including types, quantity and condition, and we will respond with an offer.
Equipment that can’t be reused is dismantled and its materials recovered through responsible recycling channels.
What to send us
- Equipment types and models, if you know them
- Approximate quantity
- General condition
- Pickup location, or that you’ll drop off
How it works
From request to certificate in four steps
01
Tell us what you have
Send the types of equipment, an approximate quantity and your location. Call, email, or request a pickup online.
02
We confirm and schedule
We confirm the details and your destruction option, then schedule a pickup or a drop-off at 616 Essex St.
03
We process every drive
Storage is sanitized to NIST SP 800-88 or physically crushed at our Lawrence facility, or at our partner’s facility for larger jobs.
04
You get the paperwork
We send your serial number list and one-page certificate of destruction, ready for your records and audits.
Questions
Common questions from IT and compliance teams
What standard do you follow for data sanitization?
NIST SP 800-88. Drives that will be reused are sanitized using Clear or Purge, depending on the drive. Drives that need to be destroyed are physically crushed.
What documentation do I receive?
A serial number list and a one-page certificate of destruction for your job.
What is the difference between batch and serialized crushing?
With batch crushing, drives are crushed together and the certificate covers the job. With serialized crushing, each drive’s serial number is recorded before it is crushed, so the certificate ties every serial number to its destruction.
Where does destruction take place?
At our facility, 616 Essex St, Ste 2, Lawrence, MA 01841, or, for larger jobs, at our recycling partner’s facility. It is never done at your office.
What will it cost?
Send us the equipment types, approximate quantity, condition and location. We will respond with a quote, and with an offer on any equipment that has resale value.
Retiring equipment? Send us the details.
Tell us the types of equipment, an approximate quantity and your location, and we will follow up with next steps and a pickup date.