Media destruction
Shred Station offers specialist media destruction services to guarantee your unwanted data is irrecoverable.
Here at Shred Station, we understand how vital it is to destroy and dispose of your digital media securely. We provide data destruction services for any media that contains confidential or personal information, including:
- Tape shredding
- Microfiche shredding
- Film shredding
- CD destruction
- DVD destruction
- Floppy disk shredding
- USB and memory card destruction
As well as shredding, we handle the end disposal and recycling options for these items.
Digital media destruction for any media devices
- We can destroy almost anything – Whatever your digital media destruction requirements, we can help. We can destroy any media materials you need to destroy, helping you to keep information safe and comply with GDPR.
- Professional, secure destruction – Our services are fully accredited and are performed by BS 7858 security-vetted professionals in line with information security regulations. We are annually audited against BS EN 15713 secure destruction standards as part of our UKSSA membership.
- Flexible options – We can perform media shredding work as a one-off service, a regular service, an ad-hoc service whenever you need it, or as a one-time add-on to your regular paper shredding service. We’re flexible to your needs.
- Zero to Landfill and CarbonNeutral?® certified – We utilise separate waste streams for non-paper materials. This allows us to recycle as much as possible, with nothing sent to landfill. We are also a lifetime CarbonNeutral® certified company. We reduce emissions wherever possible and use responsible offsets.
All media materials destroyed in one collection
Whether you’re considering CD shredding, DVD shredding, tape destruction, or a combination of all three and more, we can assist. All we ask is that you keep similar materials separated so we can recycle as much of your confidential media as possible. To ensure maximum recycling, we recommend using an off-site service for media destruction. However, we can also facilitate on-site media and data destruction.
We can also provide confidential waste cabinets or bins specifically for confidential media. This can help to ensure the safe storage of materials, even before destruction.
To learn more, request a brochure, or get in touch with our sales team for a quick quote.
Specialist destruction of negatives, film, photographs, tape, and microfiche
With our media destruction services, you can have any film or tape-based materials destroyed easily. Whether you need a secure way to destroy old microfiche archives or want to get rid of negatives or old memory cards, we have a service that will suit you.
Our specialist media destruction services are also ideal if you have multiple different types of products to destroy. For example, we often work with film and television production studios to destroy old film reels with our media shredding service, props with our product destruction services and scripts with our paper shredding services. Best of all, we can facilitate all of the services you require in one collection, giving you the best value for money.
Extremely fast destruction of CDs, DVDs, and other media
We use powerful, specialist media shredders to destroy all kinds of data held on items such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, tapes, and more. Our industrial shredders can handle bulk volumes, making quick work of your destruction requirements. To give you an idea of how quickly our industrial shredders operate, we can easily destroy thousands of CDs or DVDs in minutes.
Frequently asked questions
If your query hasn’t been answered on this page, please feel free to head over to our FAQs page for more information.
Can I place data tapes, hard drives, x-rays, CDs or photographs in with my shredded paper?
No, however, we can shred these items separately. Please contact our sales team for a quote and instructions on preparing your materials for collection.
Where will my shredded non-paper materials end up?
We will recycle as much of your shredded non-paper material as possible. For example, we send metals to metal refineries, plastics to plastic recyclers, and unblended textiles to fabric recyclers. For materials we can’t recycle, we use Energy from Waste. Nothing we shred will ever go to landfill.
Do you provide proof of destruction?
Yes. You will receive a Certificate of Destruction via email. With on-site services, this is provided instantly. With off-site services, it may take a few days for us to process the certificate, but it will be sent within 72 hours guaranteed.
Related resources
One of the core pillars of our ethos is that we want our customers to feel confident about information destruction. These articles provide further insights into the world of media destruction.
How should you dispose of IoT smart devices?
Smart devices are everywhere, and they can store a lot of information about us. But what should you do with these smart devices when they are no longer needed?
https://www.shredstation.co.uk/blog/how-should-you-dispose-of-iot-smart-devices/
How do you securely recycle old smartphones?
Smartphones provide a means of distraction, a way to stay connected, a way to keep safe, and a way to store information. Instead of storing all of your old phones in a drawer, here’s how to securely recycle them.
https://www.shredstation.co.uk/blog/how-do-you-securely-recycle-old-smartphones/
Can I shred multiple materials in one service?
If you need to book a shredding service but have multiple materials or devices to destroy, we can destroy them all with just one booking.
https://www.shredstation.co.uk/blog/can-i-shred-multiple-materials-in-one-service/
What is the best way to destroy a hard drive?
To keep your information secure, you must ensure that data is irretrievable when destroying hard drives.
https://www.shredstation.co.uk/blog/what-is-the-best-way-to-destroy-a-hard-drive/
How to keep devices containing confidential information safe?
Destruction is just the final chapter of keeping digital files safe. How should you secure devices when they are still in use?
https://www.shredstation.co.uk/blog/how-to-keep-devices-containing-confidential-information-safe/
How does degaussing work?
Degaussers use extremely powerful electromagnetic currents to permanently wipe data from devices like hard drives. But how exactly does this work?
https://www.shredstation.co.uk/blog/how-does-degaussing-work/