Old equipment cannot simply go in a skip. Drives hold data long after a machine stops booting, and electronics have disposal rules. We handle both.
Everything with storage is wiped to NIST standards or physically destroyed, and you get documentation showing it happened. The remaining hardware is recycled through certified channels rather than shipped somewhere it becomes someone else's problem.
Where the risk actually sits
The hard drive in a five-year-old workstation may hold client records, saved passwords, email archives and financial data. Deleting files does not remove them, and formatting a drive does not either. A dead machine on a loading dock is a data breach waiting for somebody curious.
We collect equipment, inventory it, and wipe or destroy every storage device to standard before anything leaves our hands. You get documentation listing what was destroyed and how, which is what you will need if anyone ever asks.
What computer recycling covers.
