Old laptops, desktops and servers still hold your data. We collect them free from anywhere in Newcastle, wipe every drive to government standards or shred it, and give you a certificate listing every device by serial number.
Collected, destroyed, documented.
Files that have been deleted, or drives that have been reformatted, can often still be recovered. Under UK GDPR your organisation must keep personal data secure for its whole life — including when the equipment holding it is retired. That is why every data-carrying device we collect is either wiped with certified software or physically shredded.
We work to the same benchmarks used by government, the armed forces and financial institutions: NSA/CSS 130-2, DoD 5220.22-M and HMG IS5 (Enhanced). Any drive that cannot be safely wiped — for example because it is damaged — is physically shredded.
1. Book. Use the booking form, call 0191 468 3257 or email us. Tell us roughly what you have: laptops, desktops, servers, loose hard drives, phones or tablets.
2. We collect. You get a text with an exact ETA. On arrival we provide an itemised audit and a Duty of Care waste transfer note.
3. Data destroyed. At our secure facility every data-carrying device is wiped or shredded.
4. Certificate. You receive a single Certificate of Data Destruction listing every device by serial number — one clean document for your ICO, audit or insurance file.
We are based at 7a Wesley Drive, Benton Square Industrial Estate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE12 9UP. We collect across the city centre and Quayside, Gosforth, Jesmond, Heaton, Byker, Walker, Benton, Kenton, Fenham, Elswick, Newburn and Newcastle Great Park, plus the business parks at Cobalt and Quorum — postcodes NE1 to NE7, NE12, NE13, NE15 and the surrounding area.
There is no minimum quantity: a single laptop from a home office or a full server room both qualify for free collection. If kit is on an upper floor without lift access, or your building needs a timed loading slot, just mention it when you book.
Need general IT recycling as well? See IT recycling in Newcastle and WEEE collection in Newcastle. Clearing a server room? See data centre decommissioning.
Waste carrier registration CBDU444714 (Environment Agency public register, upper tier) and ICO registration ZB436456.
Everything collected is recycled to WEEE standards. Your paperwork — the waste transfer note and the Certificate of Data Destruction — gives you a complete audit trail for the ICO, Ofsted or the Environment Agency. For more on the paperwork, read our guide to WEEE disposal paperwork.
Yes. There is no collection charge, no minimum quantity and no charge for data destruction or certificates. The service is funded by responsibly recycling the equipment we collect.
Every data-carrying device is wiped to NSA/CSS 130-2, DoD 5220.22-M and HMG IS5 standards. Any drive that cannot be safely wiped is physically shredded. Either way, the data is not recoverable afterwards.
A single Certificate of Data Destruction that lists every device by serial number, so each device is individually accounted for in one document. You also receive a Duty of Care waste transfer note for the collection.
All of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, including the city centre and Quayside, Gosforth, Jesmond, Heaton, Byker, Walker, Benton, Kenton, Fenham, Elswick, Newburn and Newcastle Great Park, plus the business parks at Cobalt and Quorum — postcodes NE1 to NE7, NE12, NE13, NE15 and the surrounding area. We are based at Benton Square Industrial Estate (NE12), so Newcastle collections are local runs for us.
Yes. Waste carrier registration CBDU444714 (Environment Agency public register, upper tier) and ICO registration ZB436456.
Book a free collection — drives wiped or shredded, every device on your certificate, nothing to pay.
