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A secure chain of custody at every touchpoint
The same trusted protocols we use for document destruction are applied to hard drives and data-bearing media, so the trail never breaks between your desk and the shredder.
Hard drive shredding in Ireland that leaves nothing to recover.
Certified data destruction and on site shredding for Irish businesses, with a certificate issued per batch.
We work with Irish companies operating in Ireland.
Shredded to fragments
Improper hard drive disposal puts your business at risk.
Destruction line, Naas
Methods like erasing, reformatting and wiping may seem sufficient, but they still leave you and your customers exposed. As long as the drives remain physically intact, sensitive data can be recovered.
Under GDPR your organisation remains the data controller for every device it retires. If a drive leaves your building with recoverable data on it, the liability does not leave with it. Safeguard your information with a method that is evidenced in writing.
The GreenIT advantage
Pioneering secure data destruction across Ireland.
GreenIT safeguards your business information, your employees, your clients and your brand. Talk to us about the full IT lifecycle or just the destruction step.
Reliable service
Managing IT hardware for Irish organisations since 2013. Regularly scheduled collections, or on demand when a refresh lands.
Security expertise
Your information stays protected at every touchpoint, under documented controls, with the evidence handed back to you.
Building partnerships
We work with our customers to manage their IT estate year on year, not job by job. Committed to customer satisfaction.
Effective hard drive destruction.
After shredding
Our destruction process is designed so hard drives are completely destroyed, eliminating any possibility of data retrieval or reconstruction. Only thorough physical destruction guarantees that your digital information is permanently erased.
Industrial-grade equipment shreds entire drives into fragments, dismantling the platters, internal mechanisms and electronic components together, so nothing can be reassembled.
Drives with no data-bearing risk can instead be certified-erased and returned to service through our refurbishment process, recovering value under value return.
The GreenIT secure chain of custody.
We exceed industry standards with robust chain of custody protocols, using tracking technology to keep your material accounted for end to end. Nothing moves to the next stage until the last one is signed off.
Stage One
Barcode scanned
Every drive is barcode scanned at each touchpoint, building a complete chain of custody from your premises onward.
Stage Two
Locked in transit
Locked trucks keep your information secure on the road. Nothing travels in an open load.
Stage Three
GPS-tracked fleet
GPS-tracked vehicles give end-to-end visibility of your material for the whole journey.
Stage Four
Secure consoles
Secure facility consoles keep your information contained while it is being processed.
Stage Five
Monitored facility
Secure, monitored premises protect your information right up to the moment it is destroyed.
Stage Six
Certificate of destruction
The Certificate of Destruction confirms your materials were destroyed securely and compliantly. It is yours for the data protection file.
Why choose GreenIT for hard drive destruction.
Secure IT disposal
A certificate after every service
A Certificate of Hard Drive Destruction is issued for each service, identifying what was processed.
Scheduled or on demand
Regular collections on a set rota, or a one-off uplift when a refresh completes. Nationwide, from Naas across all 32 counties.
Materials recycled with approved partners
Shredded material is passed to licensed WEEE partners rather than landfill, and the tonnage feeds straight into your ESG reporting.
Common questions
What Irish businesses ask us first.
Is wiping a hard drive enough, or does it need shredding?
Certified erasure is sufficient for most commercial data when it is performed with forensic-grade software and evidenced in writing. Where drives held highly sensitive data, or your own policy requires it, physical shredding is the only method that removes any possibility of recovery.
What proof do I get that the data was destroyed?
A Certificate of Destruction is issued after every service, identifying the devices processed. It is the document you file against your GDPR obligations.
Can the drives be destroyed at our premises?
Yes. On site destruction is available where your policy requires media to be destroyed before it leaves the building. Otherwise drives travel under the chain of custody described above to our facility in Naas.
What happens to the shredded material?
It goes to licensed recycling partners under Ireland's WEEE Regulations, never to landfill. See IT sustainability for how that is reported back to you.
Can we recover value from drives that do not need shredding?
Often, yes. Drives and devices with remaining commercial life can be certified-erased and refurbished instead, with the residual value returned to you. See value return.
How much does destruction cost?
It depends on volumes, media types, whether you need on site destruction, and how often you need collection. See business services pricing, or send us rough numbers.
Tell us what needs destroying.
Send rough volumes and media types. One of the business development team comes back with a price and a collection window, usually the same working day.
Certified destruction, evidenced per batch
