ITAD Buyer Guides
Long-form, plain-spoken guides for the decisions every IT disposal project runs into: which provider to trust, what it should cost, which documents to demand, and where the drives should actually be destroyed.
What do these guides cover?
The four decisions that determine whether an IT disposal project ends with a defensible audit file or an expensive lesson: vetting and choosing an ITAD provider, understanding what disposal should cost and why, assembling the documentation your auditors will ask for, and choosing between onsite and offsite destruction. Each guide is written to be useful on its own, with no sign-up wall.
Start with the decision in front of you
Each guide stands alone and links to the others where the decisions overlap. Read in any order.
How to Choose an ITAD Provider in the UK (2026 Checklist)
The ten-point vetting checklist, the questions to ask, and the answers that should end the conversation.
Updated 6 August 2026
What Does IT Asset Disposal Cost in the UK? (Honest 2026 Guide)
What disposal actually costs, how the resale offset works, and what free collection really monetises.
Updated 6 August 2026
The ITAD Documentation Checklist: Every Record Your Auditor Expects
Every record a complete engagement leaves behind, from per-serial certificates to the reconciliation report.
Updated 6 August 2026
Onsite vs Offsite Data Destruction: Which Do You Need?
The real trade-offs between witnessed onsite shredding, offsite destruction and certified erasure.
Updated 6 August 2026
Prefer templates and tools to prose?
The guides pair with our free downloads and interactive tools: checklists and certificate templates you can file, and selectors that work the decisions through for your specific estate.
Talk it through with a specialist
The guides cover the general case. For your actual estate, send us the asset list and we will answer the same questions specifically, with a same-day quote and no obligation.