Clearwater E-Waste Recycling & Secure ITAD Services
Serving Clearwater and Pinellas County with secure e-waste recycling and data destruction. Free pickup for qualifying volumes, with chain of custody documentation.
- Secure Recycling & Chain of Custody
- NIST SP 800-88 Aligned Data Destruction
- Free Pickup Across Pinellas County
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Why Do Clearwater Organizations Choose STS for E-Waste Recycling?
Healthcare IT managers in Clearwater, the Pinellas County seat, retire devices that still hold patient records, a challenge shared by courthouse and school IT teams. We serve Clearwater from our 250,000 sq ft processing operation.
STS Electronic Recycling protects data on every Clearwater pickup by logging each asset by serial number, then sanitizing or destroying drives in line with NIST SP 800-88. Chain of custody records follow each load through final processing, with certificates issued at completion.
Chain of Custody
Documented handling from pickup through final processing
NIST SP 800-88 Aligned
Data sanitization aligned to the federal standard
Accurate Reporting
Itemized records that support audit reviews
Pickup Coverage
Across Pinellas County for qualifying volumes
Which four Clearwater services keep every asset on one chain of custody?
STS Electronic Recycling provides secure IT equipment recycling and asset disposition for Clearwater organizations, from hospital networks such as BayCare Health System (more than 34,000 team members) to county offices. Operating since 2011 across all 50 states, STS matches each service to the data risk.
Clearwater ITAD
Secure retirement of laptops, servers, and network gear, with chain of custody tracking from pickup through final processing.
- ✓Asset tagging and serial logs
- ✓Secure transport to processing
- ✓Itemized final report
Clearwater Data Destruction
NIST 800-88 aligned sanitization and destruction for businesses, schools, and healthcare organizations, with each asset documented.
- ✓Certificate for every asset
- ✓Healthcare, school, business loads
- ✓Audit ready records
Clearwater Hard Drive Shredding
Mobile and in-house shredding with documented destruction for drives that cannot be wiped or reused.
- ✓Mobile or in-house options
- ✓Documented destruction
- ✓Hard drives and solid state drives
Clearwater Computer Liquidation
Remarketing of retiring computers, servers, and office technology, with asset recovery credits that can offset project costs.
- ✓Resale and remarketing review
- ✓Asset recovery credits
- ✓Data sanitized before resale
How a Clearwater pickup works
Our secure fleet serves Clearwater with scheduled pickups near US 19 and the Gulf to Bay corridor, and every step is documented.
by email or the quote form
before it leaves your site
and the log stays open
certificates of destruction
When Clearwater organizations schedule a pickup
Healthcare and school organizations often require pickup during non-operational hours, standard for STS engagements with clinical and campus sites.
Refresh cycles
Planning a replacement of laptops, desktops, and monitors? STS handles refreshes across offices, clinics, and campuses.
Lease returns
End of lease equipment that must be sanitized and returned or bought out.
Moves and closures
Office, clinic, or classroom moves that leave retired equipment needing documented disposal.
Server consolidation
Server room and network closet cleanouts where drives need documented destruction.
Match the method to the data risk
Per IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report, breaches average $4.99 million, so risky media is destroyed and equipment with value is wiped.
Hard drive wiping
Software based wiping sanitizes drives that will be resold or redeployed. It suits equipment with remaining value, where destruction would waste a useful asset.
Degaussing
Magnetic degaussing erases tapes, hard drives, and legacy storage that wiping software cannot reach.
Mobile shredding
On-site shredding trucks destroy drives while your team observes, so media never leaves the building intact.
Mail-in recycling
Individuals and small offices outside the pickup area can ship equipment in. Shipped loads are tracked and documented like scheduled pickups.
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 Alignment
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 defines Clear, Purge, and Destroy as the three media sanitization categories. STS aligns data destruction to that standard and documents each asset with a serial-level certificate. According to NIST, sanitization makes access to target data "infeasible for a given level of effort."
What can Clearwater organizations recycle with STS?
Offices, clinics, and campuses can recycle laptops, desktops, servers, network gear, monitors, phones, printers, copiers, toner, and legacy electronics with STS. Each item is logged, storage is sanitized or destroyed, and itemized records follow.
Computing & Network Equipment
Mobile & Office Equipment
Per the UN Global E-waste Monitor 2024, only 22.3% of the 62 million tonnes of e-waste generated in 2022 was documented as properly collected and recycled.
Loads we handle for Clearwater organizations
Office and campus refreshes
Whole floors, labs, and classrooms of retired computers and monitors are scheduled as one pickup.
Clinical and county equipment
Mixed loads from clinics and county offices? STS sorts them by data risk, so drives go to destruction and other items to recovery.
Small business pickups
Offices with a handful of laptops, phones, and printers can still request pickup or use mail-in recycling.
Which Clearwater industries need documented e-waste disposal?
Clearwater organizations choose STS Electronic Recycling because each load is matched to its data rules: HIPAA for hospitals, FERPA for colleges, and public records requirements for county offices. Serial-level records give auditors a clear trail from pickup through final processing.
Serving Clearwater's hospitals, colleges, and county offices
Healthcare Systems
Hospital networks such as BayCare Health System retire devices holding PHI. HIPAA 45 CFR §164.310(d) requires policies for the final disposition of that hardware.
Colleges and Schools
Colleges such as St. Petersburg College (about 14,000 students) retire lab equipment that held student records. FERPA aligned destruction supports student privacy.
County and City Government
County offices such as the Pinellas County Justice Center retire equipment under public records rules. Documented destruction supports audit and chain of custody requirements.
Insurance and Business Services
Insurance employers such as AmeriLife handle client financial data. Serial-level records support reviews tied to SOX and GLBA.
What each sector typically asks for
Healthcare IT managers typically expect certificates of destruction for audit reviews, included in every STS engagement.
Healthcare
- ✓Business associate agreements
- ✓PHI chain of custody records
- ✓Evening pickup coordination
Education
- ✓Break and summer scheduling
- ✓FERPA aligned documentation
- ✓Bulk lab and classroom loads
Government
- ✓Public records documentation
- ✓Multi-building coordination
- ✓Itemized, audit ready reports
Business Services
- ✓SOX and GLBA oriented records
- ✓Witnessed drive destruction
- ✓Asset recovery reporting
Six questions to ask any Clearwater e-waste vendor
Where is it processed?
Ask which sites process the equipment, and whether collection points differ.
Is every asset logged?
Serial level records show which devices were collected, sanitized, destroyed, or resold.
How are drives destroyed?
Look for a named standard and a certificate for each drive.
Who moves the load?
Confirm custody stays documented from your dock to final processing.
What reports arrive?
Itemized reports, weight tickets, and downstream tracking give auditors evidence.
What does it cost?
Compare pickup terms and asset recovery credits, which can offset project costs.
What do Clearwater organizations ask before booking pickup?
Answers about electronic waste disposal and IT asset disposition in Clearwater and Pinellas County.
Still Have Questions?
Send your equipment list or project scope and STS will reply with next steps.
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.What certifications do you hold?
STS maintains NIST 800-88 compliant data destruction, with HIPAA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 aligned controls for regulated organizations. Every asset receives a serial-level certificate of destruction, and DoD 5220.22-M overwrite procedures are available for legacy media requirements.
What areas do you serve?
STS offers pickup across Pinellas County, including Clearwater, Clearwater Beach, Belleair, Dunedin, Largo, Safety Harbor, and Palm Harbor. Organizations in the wider Tampa Bay region can request service through the contact page or by email.
How long does pickup take?
Most organizations receive same-week pickup scheduling once the equipment list and contact details are confirmed. Large decommissioning projects, such as a hospital or school refresh, include planning with your IT team before the truck arrives.
Do you provide audit documentation?
Every engagement includes serial-level certificates of destruction, chain of custody records, weight tickets, and itemized asset reports with downstream tracking. This documentation helps support SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA audit reviews.
What does pickup cost?
Pickup carries no charge across Pinellas County for qualifying business volumes, and STS confirms the terms before scheduling anything. Equipment with remaining resale value, such as newer laptops or servers, can earn asset recovery credits that offset project costs.
What happens to my equipment after pickup?
Equipment travels under a documented chain of custody to our processing operation, where drives are sanitized or destroyed before material recovery. You receive itemized records so every asset can be traced from your site to final processing.
Service Areas & About Clearwater
Core Clearwater
- Downtown Clearwater
- Clearwater Beach
- Belleair
- Dunedin
Pinellas County
- Largo
- Safety Harbor
- Palm Harbor
- Tarpon Springs
Tampa Bay Region
- Oldsmar
- St. Petersburg
- Tampa
- Greater Tampa Bay
Pickup applies across Pinellas County. Organizations elsewhere in the Tampa Bay region can request service through the contact page, or ship equipment in.
About Clearwater
Morton Plant Hospital (599 beds), St. Petersburg College, and the Pinellas County Courthouse represent Clearwater's healthcare, education, and county government sectors, each requiring secure, fully documented e-waste recycling.
Morton Plant, established in 1916, is part of BayCare, headquartered in Clearwater. STS engagements with healthcare systems typically involve off-hours pickup coordination, BAA documentation, and PHI chain of custody validation.
STS serves Clearwater, Clearwater Beach, Dunedin, Largo, and Safety Harbor from our 250,000 sq ft processing operation. Organizations searching for electronics recycling near me in Clearwater find scheduled pickup for qualifying business volumes across Pinellas County.
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 2011.
Equipment collected in Clearwater 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.
