Data Wiping vs Physical Destruction: Which Should Your Organisation Use?
Data Wiping vs Physical Destruction: Which Should Your Organisation Use? Secure data wiping and physical media destruction are different risk treatments, and the right choice depends on the media, information sensitivity, intended reuse and your organisation’s policy. Destroying every drive can be unnecessary when trusted sanitisation enables safe reuse, while wiping is not appropriate when […]
What Is IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)? A Guide for Australian Organisations
What Is IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)? IT asset disposition (ITAD) is the controlled process of retiring, sanitising, reusing, reselling, recycling or destroying information technology assets at the end of their organisational use. A good ITAD program is not simply computer recycling: it combines information security, asset accountability, environmental responsibility and auditable reporting. For organisations managing […]
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2: What Changed for IT Asset Disposal
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2: What Changed for IT Asset Disposal NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 is the current NIST guidance for media sanitisation. Published on 26 September 2025, it supersedes SP 800-88 Rev. 1 from 2014 and changes how organisations should think about sanitising information storage media before reuse or disposal. Rather than acting […]
WA E-Waste Landfill Ban: What Businesses Need to Know
WA E-Waste Landfill Ban: What Businesses Need to Know Western Australia’s e-waste to landfill ban has been in force since 1 July 2024. For businesses, public entities and e-waste service providers, that means regulated electrical and electronic waste needs a compliant recovery pathway rather than disposal to landfill. The WA Government updated its guidance on […]
Recycle IT Appointed to WA Government CUARWD2025 Category A
Recycle IT is listed by the WA Government as a CUARWD2025 Category A supplier for metropolitan Perth, including e-waste sanitisation, recycling and destruction services.
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Our Impact in 2025 Building a More Sustainable Future Through Responsible E-Waste Recycling Technology moves fast — but so does electronic waste. In 2025, businesses across Western Australia continued upgrading devices, replacing infrastructure, and modernising workplaces at record pace. At Recycle IT Australia, our mission has remained clear: ensure outdated electronics are managed securely, sustainably, […]
Hard Drive Shredding & Secure Media Destruction
Hard drive shredding provides physical media destruction for storage devices that cannot be safely reused or must be destroyed under security policy. Recycle IT combines controlled handling, chain of custody and reporting with secure IT asset disposal.
Computer Remarketing & IT Asset Value Recovery
Computer remarketing can recover value from suitable retired IT equipment after secure data sanitisation, testing and grading. Recycle IT combines reuse, security and reporting within an auditable IT asset disposition process.
AS 5377:2022 E-Waste Recycling Certification
AS 5377:2022 sets requirements for the responsible management of electrical and electronic equipment for reuse or recycling, including traceability, data security, risk management and environmentally sound handling.
E-Waste & Computer Recycling for Schools
Secure e-waste and computer recycling for schools, including coordinated collections, data sanitisation, reuse, recycling and reporting for retired devices and IT equipment.