At each dataserv asset recovery facilities the complete process adheres to standardised
policies and procedures in order to maintain a unique process audit which is 100% identical
across EMEA. Upon reception of the retired IT assets at the dataserv facility the process can
be broken down to the following key areas:
recording of equipment
for each personal computer, notebook, monitor and printer dataserv records
the manufacturer, model number, serial number and property / asset tag number
for all other items dataserv records the serial number, property / asset tag
number and a description sufficient to identify the item
sorting of equipment
dataserv sorts the material based on the possible resale opportunity of the
equipment
refurbishing and data cleaning
dataserv removes all customer property / asset tags from the material
dataserv will perform either total data eradication or physical destruction of
each hard drive received
re-distribution
recycling
equipment that fails the functional or cosmetic test will be recycled
dataserv recycles the used equipment in such a manner as to meet local, country and
EU requirements and guidelines
