Legacy Electronics Recycling for Old & Unwanted Business Equipment
Secure recycling and data destruction for retired computers, drives, and other legacy IT equipment your business no longer uses — sanitization aligned to NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, processed at our R2v3 certified facilities, nationwide.
- Data Destruction Aligned to NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2
- Secure Recycling & Chain of Custody
- Free pickup for qualifying business volumes
Retired doesn't mean empty
Most businesses have some old electronics sitting around after they're taken out of service — computers in a storage closet, a stack of drives from a server upgrade, monitors and printers nobody got around to dealing with. None of that equipment stops holding data just because it isn't plugged in anymore.
Businesses commonly hold onto retired IT hardware for a couple of years or more before disposing of it, per Capterra's 2023 IT Management Survey of 500 U.S. IT professionals — plenty of time for a device to be misplaced, resold, or thrown out with no record of what was on it.
An unreconciled device sitting in a closet for five years is the same audit finding as one from last month; serial-level records at intake are what let you close that gap, whenever the equipment is finally brought in.
No site visit required
before it moves
Log stays open
Certificate on request
One pickup clears the backlog, with a record for every device
STS Electronic Recycling provides secure recycling and data destruction, aligned to NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, for old and retired electronics that businesses have accumulated over time — regardless of how long the equipment has been out of service.
Each device is logged by serial number, and a Certificate of Destruction is issued on completion recording the sanitization method used. This service is part of STS's broader IT asset disposition (ITAD) program.
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Old, retired, or just taking up space — if it's electronic, we recycle it
From desktop computers to office equipment, we process all types of legacy electronics, however long they've been sitting unused.
Computing Equipment
Mobile & Network
Office Equipment
The standards your auditor will ask about by name
Certifications and standards that apply to legacy electronics recycling, including R2v3 certified processing, whatever the age of the equipment.
Secure Recycling
STS holds RIOS certification, and ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 held through the RIOS-integrated management system, with documented tracking of materials processed.
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2
Data sanitization performed in accordance with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, whether the device was retired last week or has been in storage for years, with a Certificate of Destruction issued on completion.
Chain of Custody
Supports a covered entity's media-disposal and media-reuse procedures under HIPAA — documented final disposition, serial-level destruction records, chain of custody, and BAA coverage for qualifying engagements.
What businesses ask first about old electronics
Everything you need to know about recycling legacy equipment, data destruction, and documentation.
What data destruction methods do you use?
Sanitization and destruction are aligned with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2's Clear, Purge, and Destroy categories, with a serialized Certificate of Destruction issued on completion recording the method used for each device.
Do you handle equipment that's been sitting in storage for years?
Yes — age or how long a device has been out of service doesn't matter. Free pickup is available for qualifying business volumes nationwide. Equipment is transported to one of STS's two R2v3 certified processing facilities, in Jacksonville, Texas and Houston, Texas.
What certifications and standards do you maintain?
STS holds RIOS certification, with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 held through the RIOS-integrated management system, and performs data destruction in accordance with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2.
How is my equipment tracked from pickup to processing?
Chain-of-custody documentation follows each asset from pickup through final processing, with a serialized Certificate of Destruction issued on completion listing the sanitization method recorded against each device.
Is old equipment still worth anything, or does it just get destroyed?
Not everything is destroyed. In the most recent full reporting period, 52.9% of units STS processed (58.3% of weight) were routed to reuse rather than destruction. Functional legacy equipment is evaluated through our computer liquidation service where eligible; any data-bearing components are sanitized first, regardless of resale path.
What documentation do I get for compliance records?
A serialized Certificate of Destruction is issued on completion, listing each device by serial number with the sanitization method recorded against it, alongside chain-of-custody documentation for your records.
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Where Your Equipment Is Processed
STS Electronic Recycling, Inc. is headquartered in Jacksonville, Texas, and has served schools, businesses, healthcare systems, and government agencies across all 50 states since 2010.
Equipment collected nationwide is staged locally and transported to one of our two R2v3 certified processing facilities in Jacksonville, Texas and Houston, Texas, where all data destruction and material recovery takes place.
The Certificate of Destruction, issued on completion, lists each device by serial number with the sanitization method recorded against it.
Ready to Clear Out Old Electronics?
Free pickup for qualifying business volumes, R2v3 certified processing, and a serialized Certificate of Destruction for every load.
