Hard drive shredding, secure IT recycling, and IT asset disposition in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Our mobile destruction truck reaches Ann Arbor in about 2 h 30 m. Drives, SSDs, tapes, and devices are destroyed in your parking lot, under your supervision, with a certificate that satisfies NIST 800-88 and NSA/CSS 9-12.
- Drive from Mansfield150 mi
- Typical arrival2 h 30 m
- SchedulingNext-day service, scheduled
- Job minimumNone
Why Ann Arbor
The university and its academic medical center are the anchor here, with automotive R&D and technology firms filling in. Research data, PHI, and student records in one metro.
Because Ann Arbor is one of our next-day metros, we can usually be on-site the day after you call, and there is no minimum: a single server is a job. Every on-site job is quoted individually, so tell us what you have and we will send a custom quote.
Who calls us from Ann Arbor
The rules for each kind of buyer, mapped to the process: healthcare, law enforcement, defense contractors, suppliers, government, education, financial services, data centers.
- The university and its academic medical center
- Automotive research and development centers
- Technology and software companies
- Washtenaw County offices
Three services, one visit
Hard drive shredding in Ann Arbor
Hard drive shredding in Ann Arbor serves the University of Michigan and Michigan Medicine first: research data, PHI, and FERPA-protected records on the same campus. Automotive R&D centers and technology companies send engineering drives on the same visit.
Secure IT recycling in Ann Arbor
Secure IT recycling in Ann Arbor handles university lab and clinic hardware: storage destroyed on the truck, working parts back into service, boards to a domestic smelter. Washtenaw County offices use us for scheduled purges.
IT asset disposition in Ann Arbor
IT asset disposition in Ann Arbor often means a research building refresh with hundreds of serials, or a hospital cycle. We inventory, destroy on-site, and return the documentation each regulator expects. For a handful of drives, Shred by Mail is often the better fit.
What happens on the day
The truck arrives
We park at your dock or lot. Your staff bring the media out, or we pull it from racks and closets with you.
Everything is destroyed while you watch
Hard drives are shredded. Solid-state media is reduced to 2 mm particles. Tapes, phones, and optical media go in the same day. Serial numbers can be recorded first.
You keep the certificate
A Certificate of Destruction listing what was destroyed, by which method, and when, plus recycling documentation from our R2-certified partners.
The rules in Michigan
Identity Theft Protection Act
Michigan's Identity Theft Protection Act requires notice when personal information is compromised — including data recovered from discarded or resold equipment.
Federal standards we destroy to
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 for every job. NSA/CSS 9-12 for classified and national security media, and DoDM 5205.07 for Special Access Program material. HIPAA, CJIS, GLBA, FACTA, CMMC, IRS 1075, and FERPA depending on who you are. See how we match method to standard.
Questions from Ann Arbor
Can you work around an academic medical center's schedule?
Yes. We schedule around clinical hours and semester turnover, and we can stage a large refresh over consecutive days so no department loses a workstation before its replacement arrives.
How soon can you be in Ann Arbor?
Usually the next business day. Same-day is sometimes possible if the truck is already routed your way.
Is there a minimum?
No. Small jobs in Ann Arbor are easy to add to a route. For a handful of drives, Shred by Mail may be cheaper.
What does it cost?
Every on-site job is quoted individually based on item count, media types, the standard you need, and travel. Here is what moves the number, or tell us what you have and we will send a custom quote.
Do you offer free pickup or free recycling in Ann Arbor?
No. Free recycling makes its money by reselling your hardware whole, online or overseas, which is exactly how retired drives end up in a breach. Our fee pays technicians to disassemble your equipment, inspect every part that could hold data, and destroy those parts on your site with a certificate. If nothing sensitive was ever on the equipment, free may be fine. If your data is regulated or classified, it is not. Why free is not free.
Do you handle classified media in Ann Arbor?
Yes. We are one of very few providers able to meet NSA/CSS 9-12 and DoDM 5205.07 destruction requirements on-site, with NSA-listed equipment and your cleared personnel supervising, under your security officer’s conditions.
Can our staff watch?
Yes, and we encourage it. Witnessed destruction is the point of bringing the truck to you.
What about paper records?
We do not shred paper. We concentrate on electronic media, and we can point you to a paper-shredding partner we trust.