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Retired Hard Disk Drives

Recovery of Rare Earth Elements

Retired Hard Disk Drives

Best practices and security policies require that all data is removed from storage devices when taken out of service. Several standards, such as IEEE 2883, ISO 27040:2015, and NIST SP800-88rev1 define techniques for media sanitization. For US Government agencies additional requirements are defined in NSA/CSS Policy Manual 9-12.

On-site Mobile Solution

Recovery of Rare Earth Elements

Retired Hard Disk Drives

We provide a mobile solution for secure on-site processing of retired Hard Disk Drives. An inventory of devices is taken and media will be destroyed using approved media sanitization techniques. Proof of destruction is provided using a Certificate of Destruction. 

Recovery of Rare Earth Elements

Recovery of Rare Earth Elements

Recovery of Rare Earth Elements

An environment-friendly process is used to recover critical materials from electronic waste. The process allows for selective leaching of rare-earth elements from magnets within the e-waste from end-of-life hard disk drives and electric motors. Recovered materials are available for re-use in the manufacturing of mission critical components.

Reclamation of the Rare Elements

Our Process...

... begins with the Government Hard Drive and results in a completely sanitized and destroyed media unit with the concurrent reclamation of Rare Earth Elements being made available to the nation's Strategic Reserve. 

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