The Service

WE ARRIVE AT YOUR PREMISES WITH OUR MOBILE DESTRUCTION UNIT

For small contracts (under 50 hard drives) the service is available anywhere within a 50 mile radius of Cambridge.  For larger contracts (over 50 drives) we will travel up to 100 miles from Cambridge. For contracts over 100 drives we will travel to most parts of England and nearer bits of Scotland and Wales. The shredder can be powered by our onboard diesel generator, however, its far better for all concerned and the environment, to use the mains electrical supply (standard 13amp socket linked to our van) from the customer's premises. Obviously this is not always practical. Please advise before hand if this is possible. We also need safe, legal parking next to the premises where the drives are stored. The last requirement tends to rule out city centre locations that do not have private parking for us to use.

The customer hands us the hard drives they want destroyed. We log each drive's serial number. Then, using our high powered destruction machine, we shred each drive into little pieces. The customer can witness the process from start to finish 

KEY BENEFITS

  • Data destroyed absolutely
  • Work Carried out on site
  • You are welcome to witness the process (fully insured to allow you to do so)
  • Ensures you fully comply with the Data Protection Act (1998)
  • Certificate of destruction issued listing each hard drive destroyed by serial number
  • Duty of Care Waste Transfer Note issued.
  • Waste handled in accordance with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive)
  • We (Computer Resale [Cambridge] Ltd T/A Data Terminators) are a Registered Waste Carrier. Registration Number ACE/109811
  • Cost effective even for small quantities: Please contact  us for a quote

DAILY RATE HIRE

If your organisation has over 100 standard 3.5" hard drives to shred or over 300 DLT  data cartridge tapes to shred,  it would be much more cost effective to hire us on a daily rate basis. For a quote please contact us with details of what you require together with your location and we will reply with a price.

When considering hiring us on a daily basis you will need to consider which level of service is most suitable for your needs:-

  • Level One is for customers who wish to shred their hard drives into small pieces. This is a slow methodical service designed to satisfy those customers with high security requirements. This service has a daily out put of approximately 200 standard hard drives (or 500 DLT Tapes)
  • Level Two is for customers who are satisfied with a hard drive being cut into at least two halves which will clearly render the drive totally inoperable. This is a quick process with a daily out put of approximately 800 hard drives.


If you wish, we can transport the destroyed "chaff"  to a licensed waste facility where the pieces are ground up even further and separated into their constituent elements. The metals are then sent to a metal refinery for melting into ingots.


DELIVER YOUR HARD DRIVES TO US FOR SHREDDING AT OUR PREMISES - just telephone us to get a quote and arrange an appointment.

Please Note: Our machinery is set up for shredding Hard Drives and Digital Cartridge Tapes. It is not suitable for  shredding paper, floppy discs, optical discs (CDs) or the old 10.5" reeled tapes.

INCINERATION OF DIGITAL TAPES
Shredded data tape waste is difficult to recycle and as a consequence it is sent to land fill. However, for some this is not a satisfactory outcome. For an extra fee we can arrange for the waste to be incinerated. 

INCINERATION OF MICROFICHE FILM
Unless the shred size is very small, shredded microfiche film is still very easily readable. Such waste usually ends up in landfill which isn't a good idea. We do not shred microfiche film but we can arrange for shredding on site. More importantly we can arrange to have your microfiche film incinerated. To be doubly sure, the film can be  shredded on site and then incinerated in an approved incineration facility.


IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

If you wish us to visit to your premises and destroy your hard drives (on your behalf), you will need to register with the Environment Agency. It is free to register. You simply need to complete (and email  or post to the agency) one of their forms (see link below) :-        Notification Form

The above form "Notification of an Exemption Activity" lists a multitude of  exemptions (paragraphs) - For the activity of shredding you should list paragraph 27 in the appropriate box

Many  business will need to register even if they do not want us to destroy their hard drives.

DATA TERMINATORS  ...........   BYTES TO BITS

Contact us

Business Hours
Monday - Saturday
10am - 6pm
 
Telephone
01223 305 007
 
Fax
01223 305 008
 
Postal address
Data Terminators
4 Mill Road
Cambridge  CB1 2AD
England, UK
       
Email
info@data-terminators.co.uk