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Secure Hard Drive Shredding Service

Protect your data with the UK and Europe’s most reliable and cost-effective onsite hard drive shredding service, DiskShred.

Discover the UK and Europe’s top choice for secure, certified and cost-effective hard drive shredding – DiskShred, Vyta’s trusted onsite data destruction service for businesses and organisations.

Over the last five years, we’ve securely disposed of more than 1.5 million data-bearing devices, including hard drives, CDs, and USB drives. Our state-of-the-art mobile shredding trucks guarantee swift and disruption-free destruction of data media

View our Digital DiskShred Brochure
A harddrive, SSD, USB awaiting shredding by Vyta's DiskShred shredding service

What can be shredded?

  • Hard drives, external hard drives and SSDs
  • Backup magnetic tapes (DLT, DAT, CCTV, VHS and Reel)
  • Floppy disk and zip disk
  • Removable media/USB and memory sticks
  • Optical media (CDs DVDs, Blue Ray)
  • Mobiles, Smartphones, PDAs, etc.
  • Portable storage devices
  • RAM, ID cards and more

Onsite and Offsite Hard Drive Shredding

DiskShred provides certified and secure shredding services for businesses and organisations across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, ensuring the complete destruction of confidential materials. You have the option to select either onsite shredding or our offsite service, wherein we collect and transport your devices to one of our accredited sites for shredding.

Our trucks promptly arrive at your site at a time that suits you, efficiently shredding your data-bearing devices into particles, thereby guaranteeing thorough data destruction.

Our shredding processes adhere rigorously to the highest security standards, ensuring the permanent and irrecoverable elimination of all data.

If you need to shred a small or large volume of material, our experienced team possesses the capacity, expertise, and stringent security measures to guarantee the confidential and secure destruction of your data.

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Shredding of hard drives by a Vyta staff member using an industrial shredder to destroy data stored on devices
An onsite shredding truck travelling to shred data stored in hard drives for businesses

Cutting-Edge Technology for Hard Drive Destruction

We take your data security seriously and use the latest, most advanced technology to guarantee your data is permanently and irrecoverably destroyed.

DiskShred trucks are state-of-the-art, equipped with GPS tracking to ensure the safe and secure transport of your materials.

Vyta’s processes are not only ADISA-Certified for complete data security but we also employ ADISA certified shredders too.

Our machines can shred hard drives and other data-bearing items down to 6mm debris, the standard required by the UK Ministry of Defence.

Discuss your shredding requirements with our team

“I have nothing but positive feedback about the crew at our office this morning.
They were very efficient, friendly, helpful and professional”

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Witness the Hard Drive Shredding Process first hand

Vyta understands the critical importance of secure data disposal for our clients. That’s why we offer the option to watch us shred your devices in a special viewing area within our trucks.

Furthermore, we offer our clients CCTV footage of the shredding process. This footage includes a search feature based on serial numbers, allowing clients to quickly locate and view the destruction of specific devices, granting them total peace of mind.

Hard drive being shredded in a DiskShred shredder

Our Efficient and Secure Onsite Shredding Process

 DiskShred operates an efficient and secure 8-stage process for onsite shredding:

 

 

  • Calendar counting down the dateSTAGE 1
    You tell us what you want to destroy and when you want us to do it
  • Moving Truck symbolSTAGE 2
    Our mobile shredder arrives at your premises at the agreed date and
    time
  • Vetted staff iconSTAGE 3
    Our security-vetted employees transfer your hard drives or media into the shredding truck
  • A barcode for devices being scanned into the asset registerSTAGE 4
    Clients have the option for asset serial numbers to be recorded and catalogued
  • Hard Drive being shredded in the onsite shredding processSTAGE 5
    The media is shredded down into 20mm fragments, or as small as 6mm on request *
  • Certificate icon to symbolise complianceSTAGE 6
    We provide you
    with a certificate of destruction as proof
    of regulatory obligations
  • Recycling iconSTAGE 7
    We carefully
    dispose of the debris according to government and environmental regulations
  • CCTV icon for DiskShred's CCTV recorded shredding of devicesSTAGE 8
    Clients can choose to receive CCTV footage of the destruction searchable by asset serial number

* You can witness the destruction first-hand in our special guest viewing area.


No matter which type of storage media you need to dispose of, our mobile industrial shredders boast exceptional power. They can efficiently convert these media on-site, providing you with a clear view of the process, and in record time.

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A blue laptop and desktop next to a green tree, symbolising Vyta's commitment to green IT sustainability

Eco-Friendly Data Shredding Practices

Vyta is committed to Sustainability. After completing the onsite shredding process, we ensure the recycling of all shredding debris.

Shredding debris may contain recyclable materials like aluminium or copper, which we can repurpose to help create new equipment. Furthermore, this process also helps to reduce the carbon footprint of the original device.

Enhancing Data Security with an Encrypted Asset Register

More than 80% of our clients request that their items are tracked as part of the shredding process, ensuring that they have confirmation of the data destruction of individual devices.

To facilitate this request, we create an encrypted asset register for our clients’ highly confidential hard drives and storage media.

Additionally, the register facilitates effortless searching by media type (e.g. hard disks, media tapes, CDs), asset tag (serial number or other identifiers), quantity, and the date and time of shredding.

encrypted asset register for increased data security

Why Choose DiskShred for Your Hard Drive Shredding Needs?

DiskShred logo, Onsite shredding service for HDDs and devices by Vyta

1

The most accredited hard drive shredding organisation in Europe.

2

Using the latest in shredding technology – we are 2 to 3 times faster than other shredders.

3

We won’t subcontract any job; Vyta uses only our own experienced, security-vetted staff and specialised GPS-tracked vehicles to complete the job.

4

We provide 100% tamper-proof handling and destruction audit trail and certification.

5

Excellent customer service, with a staggering 82% of our business being from repeats and referrals.

6

We maintain a fleet of custom built shredding vehicles for data destruction across the UK, Ireland & Europe.

Removal of hard drives in preparation for onsite shredding

Expert Hard Drive Extraction prior to Shredding

Our experienced team is trained to carefully remove hard drives from PCs, laptops, or servers before shredding.
This minimises potential damage to existing IT equipment, reducing downtime and staff productivity loss.

Advanced CCTV Systems

We offer encrypted CCTV footage from three different angles within the truck, searchable by asset serial number, date, and time.

You can customise playback speed and camera views for a comprehensive review of the shredding process.

Hard Drives awaiting onsite shredding for data security
Shredded hard drive debris, HDDs reduced to 6mm particles by Vyta's shredders.

Protection Through Shredding Sizes

DiskShred can shred your data bearing devices into debris of different sizes, from 20mm all the way down to 6mm.

This 6mm dimension adheres to the debris size standards set by the Ministry of Defence and aligns with the recommendations of the UK National Cyber Security Centre.

Client Testimonials – What Our Clients Say About DiskShred

Just wanted to say thanks for the speedy and efficient service. It’s reassuring to know all our equipment has been dealt with properly.

Software Development Firm

Our client is very happy with the onsite shredding services provided by DiskShred in Dublin. The customer service was exceptional. Thanks so much for all your help!

UK Based ITAD Partner

All went well and I must say your colleague is a credit to your company. Very friendly and helpful, I’m glad we went with Disk Shred.

Digital Services Agency

I just wanted to say thanks for organising the hard disk shred so quickly. The team arrived on-site this morning and shredded for us. They were very friendly and efficient, and got the job done very quickly. I was very impressed!

Global Online Marketplace

I just wanted to say thanks for organising the hard disk shred so quickly. Mark arrived on-site this morning and shredded for us. He was very friendly and efficient, and got the job done very quickly. I was very impressed!

Data Centre
I was more than happy with the systems that you have in place and the operator who did the shredding.
It was all executed to a standard that we were hoping for and I would not hesitate to recommend your company to others.
Many thanks!
Government Department
Just a note to say I was very impressed with the technical specs & the quality of professionalism of the shredding crew.
Looking forward to inviting our compliance team to sit in on 2023 rounds of site shreds rather than dread it 😊
Software Company

I just wanted to pass on my sincere thanks to Colin today who came along to shred our hard drives and tapes. What a nice chap he is. A credit to your company.

Private Medical Insurance Provider

Brilliant job by the guys last week – very efficient process. Thank you to all concerned and for arranging the visit.

Accounting firm

Safeguard Your Data with Onsite Shredding

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BUSINESS SECTORS

  • Data Centre Disposal
  • Financial Organisations
  • IT Service Companies

COMPUTER RECYCLING

  • Computer Recycling
  • Server Recycling
  • Laptop Recycling
  • Monitor Recycling
  • Printer Recycling

DATA DESTRUCTION

  • Secure IT Disposal Service
  • Blancco Wiping
  • Hard Drive Shredding
  • Tape Shredding
  • On Site Data Shredding
  • Detailed Asset Tracking and Reporting

IT SERVICES

  • Secure IT Disposal
  • IT Recycling
  • Secure Collection Services
  • IT Buyback Service
  • On Site IT Audit
  • Deployment Support

Get in touch with our team today

Vyta provide sustainable, secure and cost-effective solutions for the disposal of your end of life tech. Our solutions are key to protecting your data, controlling your IT assets, maximising value, managing corporate risk and meeting sustainability goals.

CONTACT US

info@vyta.com
+44 (0) 28 9084 7913

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Roxwell, Chelmsford CM1 4LN, United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0) 33 0551 9983

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Rathcoole, Dublin D24 F300, Ireland
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Newtownabbey BT36 4FR, Northern Ireland
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