Hard drive shredding, secure IT recycling, and IT asset disposition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Our mobile destruction truck reaches Pittsburgh in about 2 h 35 m. We serve Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and the Software Engineering Institute and the contractors and organizations around it. 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 Mansfield160 mi
- Typical arrival2 h 35 m
- SchedulingNext-day service, scheduled
- Job minimumNone
Why Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh's health and insurance systems, national bank, and robotics research universities all sit within a few miles of each other. We schedule Pittsburgh runs regularly and can combine stops.
Because Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh
The rules for each kind of buyer, mapped to the process: healthcare, law enforcement, defense contractors, suppliers, government, education, financial services, data centers.
- Integrated health and insurance systems
- National bank headquarters
- Robotics and computer science research universities
- Federal health research institutes
- Allegheny County government
Serving Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and the Software Engineering Institute and its contractors
We work for the contractors, suppliers, and organizations around these installations, under the security conditions their sponsors set. Cleared personnel, NSA-listed equipment, and destruction inside your perimeter.
- Bettis Atomic Power LaboratoryNaval Reactors laboratory in West Mifflin, operated for the Navy.
- Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering InstituteDoD federally funded research center and home of the CERT Division.
- 911th Airlift Wing and 171st Air Refueling WingAir Force Reserve and Pennsylvania Air National Guard at Pittsburgh International.
The rules that come up most here: NSA/CSS 9-12 for classified media; DoDM 5205.07 for Special Access Program material; NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC 2.0 for CUI; HIPAA for protected health information. See how we destroy to each.
Three services, one visit
Hard drive shredding in Pittsburgh
Hard drive shredding in Pittsburgh spans the whole security spectrum: UPMC and Highmark under HIPAA, PNC under GLBA, and Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory's and the Software Engineering Institute's contractor communities under NSA/CSS 9-12. We run Pittsburgh regularly and combine stops across the city.
Secure IT recycling in Pittsburgh
Secure IT recycling in Pittsburgh handles university research hardware and hospital fleets alike: storage destroyed on the truck, working parts returned to service, boards to a domestic smelter. Allegheny County's offices use us for scheduled purges of retired workstations.
IT asset disposition in Pittsburgh
IT asset disposition in Pittsburgh often means a research lab or a health-system refresh with thousands of serials. We inventory, destroy on-site, and document. For the 911th Airlift Wing's and 171st Air Refueling Wing's contractors, the certificate names the equipment and the standard. 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 Pennsylvania
Breach of Personal Information Notification Act
Pennsylvania's breach notification law, updated in 2023, broadened what counts as personal information and tightened notice timelines. A drive that leaves your building intact is a breach waiting to be discovered.
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 Pittsburgh
Do you serve contractors around Bettis and the SEI?
Yes. For classified media we bring NSA-listed equipment to your facility, under the supervision of your cleared personnel and under your security officer's conditions. For CUI, the destruction is documented to NIST 800-171 and CMMC.
How soon can you be in Pittsburgh?
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 Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh?
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 Pittsburgh?
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.