According to the Maryland Department of the Environment, more than 3,135 tons of electronic waste was collected for recycling in 2006 and 65 percent of respondents to a recent survey claimed to have recycled or donated their discarded computers.

While Maryland residents and businesses appear to be ahead of the national electronics recycling curve, how can they be sure that the data once stored on their equipment is safe from prying eyes and destroyed in a manner that is compliant with federal regulations?

Vangel and its partners follow equally stringent guidelines for electronic equipment destruction and recycling processes as for paper data destruction services. Increasingly, fax machines and printers store data that is confidential in nature, as well as more “traditional” data sources, including:

• CD ROMs
• Computer Disks
• Films
• Microfilm & Microfiche
• X-Rays

Contact Vangel to learn more about the electronics destruction services that are available.