ITAD companies compared by certification, wipe standard and buyback

It takes retired IT equipment off your hands and accounts for every unit. A typical job covers collection, data erasure or shredding (on your site or at its facility), testing, resale of working kit with the proceeds shared back to you, recycling of the rest, and a certificate of destruction or recycling per asset. In this table, 32 of 40 companies state value recovery, 23 issue certificates of destruction or erasure and 19 track each asset by serial number.

Sources: Field definitions and counts

Ask for NIST SP 800-88, the US reference for media sanitization. Revision 2 was finalised in September 2025 and sets the sanitization method by how sensitive the data is. IEEE 2883 is the newer storage-specific standard, and ADISA Product Assurance tests erasure tools against both. 16 of the 40 companies here name NIST 800-88; ask the rest which standard their certificates cite.

Sources: NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 (final) · ADISA Certification

Both certify electronics recyclers and ITAD facilities through third-party audits. e-Stewards, created by the Basel Action Network, bans exporting hazardous e-waste from developed to developing countries, holds recyclers accountable downstream to final disposition, and requires NAID AAA data security certification first. R2v3 is the current version of SERI’s R2 standard. 18 companies here state R2v3 and 14 hold e-Stewards confirmed on its public list.

Sources: e-Stewards: why get certified · e-Stewards current processors list · SERI R2 certified facility directory

That an independent auditor from i-SIGMA checked the provider’s secure processes, chain of custody and employee background screening, in both scheduled and unannounced audits. Endorsements say whether it destroys media on your site (mobile) or at its own facility, and which media it covers. 15 companies here state NAID AAA, and AnythingIT and HOBI are confirmed in the i-SIGMA directory.

Sources: i-SIGMA: NAID AAA certification · i-SIGMA NAID AAA directory

Look the company up on the certifier’s own register and match the site address. The e-Stewards current processors list, the ADISA certified company search and the i-SIGMA NAID AAA directory are public. The ADISA register also shows withdrawn and surrendered certificates with their dates, so read the status next to the name. Every “Registry-confirmed” stamp on this site links to the register we checked and the date we checked it.

Sources: e-Stewards current processors list · ADISA certified company search · i-SIGMA NAID AAA directory

On 9 Nov 2026 the ADISA register listed CiLifecycle (Centerprise International), Converge Technology Solutions UK (formerly Stone), ICT Reverse, Procurri (Cirencester, Warrington and Germany) and Vyta for ICT Asset Recovery Standard 8.0, and GET-IT in Tokyo for ITAD Essentials Gold. Blancco Drive Eraser holds ADISA Product Assurance on the same register, which certifies a tool rather than a service provider.

Sources: ADISA certified company search

Usually yes for working laptops, phones and servers: 32 of the 40 companies here resell equipment and return value through buyback or revenue share. Dell Asset Recovery Services takes any quantity, with a 20-asset minimum only for on-site sanitisation. Most providers price per job, so send your asset list (model, age, quantity, location) and ask for the rebate net of fees.

Sources: Dell Asset Recovery Services