Industries We Serve: Electronics Recycling & ITAD Nationwide
STS Electronic Recycling supports organizations across healthcare, education, finance, government, technology, and more with secure IT asset disposition and data destruction aligned to NIST SP 800-88, backed by certified reporting for every device.
- Data Destruction Aligned to NIST SP 800-88
- Secure Recycling & Chain of Custody
- Free pickup for qualifying business volumes
The compliance requirements change by industry. The chain of custody doesn't.
STS Electronic Recycling provides secure IT asset disposition and electronics recycling for organizations nationwide, operating since 2010. Whatever regulation applies to your sector, HIPAA, FERPA, GLBA, or none at all, every engagement includes serial-number-specific certificates of destruction and documented chain of custody from pickup through final processing.
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Sixteen industries, one certified process
Every organization below retires equipment holding sensitive data. Select your industry to see the specific services, regulations, and reporting we build around it.
Education
K-12 districts and universities retiring classroom and administrative devices under FERPA recordkeeping expectations.
View Education ITAD →Healthcare
Hospitals and health systems retiring devices that may hold electronic PHI, with disposal practices built around HIPAA.
View Healthcare ITAD →Oil & Gas
Field offices and corporate sites retiring rugged computing and SCADA-adjacent IT equipment.
View Oil & Gas ITAD →Engineering
Engineering firms retiring CAD workstations, servers, and project-archive storage media.
View Engineering ITAD →Casino & Gaming
Gaming floors and back-office systems retiring POS, surveillance, and player-tracking hardware.
View Casino & Gaming ITAD →OEM & Manufacturing
OEMs and manufacturers retiring production-line electronics and corporate IT equipment.
View OEM ITAD →Software
Software companies retiring dev, QA, and office hardware as teams scale and refresh.
View Software ITAD →Data Center & Colocation
Data centers and colocation providers retiring server, storage, and networking gear on refresh cycles.
View Data Center ITAD →Insurance
Insurance carriers retiring claims-processing and underwriting workstations holding policyholder data.
View Insurance ITAD →Call Centers
Multi-site call center operations retiring headsets, workstations, and CRM servers nationwide.
View Call Center ITAD →Consulting Firms
Consulting firms retiring laptops and mobile devices that travel with client engagements.
View Consulting ITAD →Industrial Facilities
Plants and industrial sites retiring control-room computing and facility IT infrastructure.
View Industrial ITAD →Courts & Legal
Courts and legal offices retiring case-management systems and recording equipment under records-retention rules.
View Courts & Legal ITAD →Banking & Financial
Banks and financial institutions retiring branch, back-office, and ATM-adjacent systems under GLBA Safeguards Rule expectations.
View Banking ITAD →Government
Federal, state, and local government agencies retiring IT assets under public-records disposal requirements.
View Government ITAD →Media & Entertainment
Media and entertainment companies retiring editing workstations, servers, and broadcast-adjacent equipment.
View Media ITAD →
One process, documented the same way for every industry
In the most recent full reporting period, STS processed 1,366,386 IT assets and 245,988 hard drives, routing 52.9% of units to reuse rather than destruction. The same intake, sanitization, and reporting process runs underneath every industry page on this site.
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Enterprise-Scale Capacity
STS operates R2v3 certified processing facilities in Jacksonville, Texas and Houston, Texas, handling multi-site projects for organizations nationwide.
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Comprehensive Compliance
Secure, transparent, sustainable processing; data destruction aligned to NIST SP 800-88; and documentation that supports a covered entity's media-disposal and media-reuse procedures under HIPAA, including BAA coverage where required.
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Dedicated Account Management
A single point of contact across every site, with serial-number-specific certificates of destruction matching your internal asset tracking.
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Asset Value Recovery
Fair market value assessment on functional equipment through our IT asset disposition (ITAD) and liquidation services.
Every device your industry retires holds data
Regardless of sector, we process the same categories of IT and office equipment, with the same sanitization and reporting standard applied to each.
Computing Equipment
Mobile & Network
Office Equipment
The credentials your auditor will ask about by name
Our certifications and compliance frameworks apply the same way regardless of which industry page brought you here. Equipment from every industry is processed at our R2v3 certified facilities in Jacksonville, Texas and Houston, Texas.
RIOS & ISO Management
RIOS certification, and ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 held through the RIOS-integrated management system, covering environmental, quality, and safety practices company-wide.
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2
Federal data sanitization standard applied to every device, with destruction or verified overwrite, and full verification reporting on completion.
BBB A+ & Inc. 5000
BBB A+ accredited since January 2012, and a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree (2018, 2020, 2021).
Industry-specific frameworks our documentation supports: HIPAA • FERPA • GLBA Safeguards Rule • SOX
Request Compliance DocumentationFrom intake to certificate, the same four steps
STS processes equipment from every industry through one certified workflow, from initial consultation through data destruction aligned to NIST SP 800-88 and comprehensive audit documentation.
Consultation & Planning
We assess your equipment inventory and any industry-specific compliance requirements before scheduling pickup.
Secure Pickup & Transport
Equipment moves under chain-of-custody documentation from your site to an identified certified processing facility.
Data Destruction & Processing
Data sanitization aligned to NIST SP 800-88 or physical shredding, followed by sorting for reuse, recycling, or material recovery.
Documentation & Reporting
You receive a serialized Certificate of Destruction, chain-of-custody records, and reporting formatted for your audit file.
What buyers ask before picking an industry page
Questions that come up regardless of which industry brought you to this page.
Do you only work with the industries listed here?
These are the industries with a dedicated page describing our process for that sector. The underlying service, certified data destruction and electronics recycling, is the same across all of them, so an organization in a related field is welcome to start from the general services overview.
Which facilities are R2v3 certified?
STS operates R2v3 certified processing facilities in Jacksonville, Texas and Houston, Texas. Equipment collected from any industry is transported to one of these two identified facilities for processing.
How does disposal support HIPAA requirements?
Our documented final disposition, serial-level destruction records, and chain-of-custody reporting support a covered entity's media-disposal and media-reuse procedures under HIPAA, with Business Associate Agreement (BAA) coverage available where required.
What documentation do we receive?
Every engagement includes a serial-number-specific Certificate of Destruction, chain-of-custody reports, and reporting you can hand directly to your auditor or compliance team.
What types of equipment can you process?
Computers, laptops, servers, monitors, smartphones, tablets, networking equipment, batteries, printers, copiers, ink and toner, and general legacy electronics, across every industry listed above.
Still Have Questions?
Our team can walk through the specific requirements for your industry.
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 Get Started, Whatever Your Industry?
Secure IT asset disposition and electronics recycling with certified reporting, built around the compliance standard your sector requires. Ask about a free pickup for qualifying business volumes.
