World Health Organization’s (WHO) Initiative on E-waste
According to the UN, only 20% of e-waste is recycled.
Informal e-waste recycling activities may have several adverse health effects. Children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable.
Scalable , Compliant & Green
Destroy or Not To Destroy?
The default approach for many organizations when seeking to eliminate data for good is to destroy the devices upon which it lives – i.e., physical destruction.
Shredding, degaussing, or smashing with a hammer – physically destroying drives and devices can feel like the most effective action to take. It has visceral appeal, and it seems unfathomable that data could live on.
Does this work ?
The process of physical destruction eventually puts your data, and its security, in someone else’s hands. There have been many cases where supposedly destroyed devices have been found in public spaces with data still present, resulting in staggering fines, professional embarrassment, erosion of brand trust, and security nightmares for end customers.
The Better Way
Software-based erasure - applied through a consistent, fully managed and ongoing process - is the far more secure route to permanent data elimination.
Erasure can be initiated on any device at any time, with no need to destroy the devices themselves. Erasure processes can also be automated, reducing the need for the manual touch and eradicating chain-of-custody security issues