Case Study

Australia’s SCRD Helps Mining
Companies Reduce Their Carbon
FootprintsHighlights
Using Blancco secure dataerasure, SCRD has:
 Become the top ITAD forAustralia’s mining industry,serving the majority of thetop 10 mining companies.
 Prevented the annual releaseof 5.139 kilotonnes of CO2
to the environment.
 Performed certi昀椀ed, securedata erasure to keep 350
servers, 9,500 laptops,
and 7,700 desktops out ofland昀椀lls in just one year.
 Dedicated itself todiverting more than 94%of e-waste from land昀椀ll.

Mining companies in Western Australia are striving tobecome more environmentally friendly. Secure Computer
Recycling & Disposal (SCRD) contributes to that e昀昀ort
with secure data erasure of ICT equipment, which keeps
thousands of computers out of land昀椀lls each year.
Challenge
Western Australia is one of the richest mining regions in the world. In thisrugged territory, sites are often hundreds or thousands of kilometers fromthe nearest city. Logistics are complex and expensive, so e昀케ciency and bestpractices are key.
At the same time, the mining industry is working hard to limit its climateimpact, expending e昀昀ort to protect water, air, and wildlife. Reducing theindustry’s carbon footprint means mining 昀椀rms have to move past destroying
IT equipment at the end of its life. Instead, they need to set up recycling
programs in remote regions, while ensuring compliance with the latest data
security and disposal regulations.
Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal supports that e昀昀ort with secure
erasure of servers and PCs, helping keep those items out of land昀椀lls while
protecting each organization’s data.
Success requires robust processes for a secure chain of custody frombeginning to end. That means secure transport and handling of equipment,with assured data sanitization that can be tracked and audited.

Solution
Its membership as a Blancco Gold Partner is a key asset in SCRD’s secure,green IT asset disposition (ITAD) practice for the mining industry. In fact,
Blancco secure data erasure is critical to SCRD’s mission; as Managing
Director Brett Kirkwood said, “At SCRD, we take data security extremely
seriously, it’s our business, it’s in our name, and it’s in the processes weundertake every day for our valued clients.”

That partnership status is just one of SCRD’s industry credentials, which
also include ISO 14001 certi昀椀cation and status as a Western AustralianGovernment Common Use Arrangement (CUA)-approved contractor.
Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal puts its expertise to work in an ITAD
work昀氀ow built for the rough, expansive terrain of mining country. Equipment isloaded onto pallets on GPS-tracked vehicles. Third-party logistics companies
truck the equipment safely to the Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal sitein Perth.
Blancco open APIs help connect all the links in the ITAD chain, including
partners and asset management systems. That integration helps ensure
accurate reporting and a seamless chain of custody.
We have invested heavily to become a Gold Partner with Blancco andthat investment over many years has helped us become the successful
business we are today.”
Brett Kirkwood - Managing Director, SCRD.
Equipment gets a second life after being sanitized with Blancco Drive
Eraser, using the SCRD customer’s choice of secure erasure standards. The
software platform automatically generates a tamper-proof digital certi昀椀catethat attests to erasure success. The certi昀椀cate is then stored in a restricted,centralized repository. Such machine-generated, crypto-protected proof
provides auditable assurance that lets SCRD guarantee data safety to its
ITAD customers. With data protection taken care of, SCRD is able to help
reduce equipment destruction and associated impacts on the environment.

Results
Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal has come to be the 昀氀agship ITAD
provider for mining companies in Australia. It has earned a reputation for
quality, reliability, and cost e昀케ciency, and its partnership with Blancco has
been a pillar of that success.
With secure data erasure, Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal lessens
climate harm by supporting the sustainability initiatives of its mining
customers—even serving those who are more than a thousand kilometers
away. By o昀昀ering sustainable IT asset disposal, SCRD’s e-waste recycling has
prevented over 昀椀ve kilotonnes of CO2 emissions in the past year alone, anamount equivalent to: 6.5 million km traveled by one heavy goods vehicle,
 125,000 nightly hotel stays, or 18 million km of business 昀氀ights.
Beyond the environmental bene昀椀ts, sanitized equipment can be resold,helping to o昀昀set ITAD costs.
Reducing total cost of ownership also aligns with SCRD’s S.A.V.E. strategy:
Security, Accessibility, Value, and Ease. Providing customer 昀椀nancial gains
that map to the mining industry’s environmental needs has provenimmensely successful, both in winning new customers and increasing
customer satisfaction.

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Blancco as a partner
gives SCRD and our clientsthe trust and belief that thedata we handle is protectedto the highest standardpossible.”– Brett Kirkwood,
Managing Director, SCRD

Blancco is proud to be an enabling partner to SCRD as it helps its mining
customers contribute back to their communities, regions, and planet, in asecure and 昀椀scally sound way.

About SCRD
Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal’s core focus is to o昀昀er corporateclients a best practice secure data deletion and hardware disposal service
in an environmentally sustainable manner. Established in 2008, Secure
Computer Recycling & Disposal has quickly grown to become one of theleading e-waste and related services companies in Australia. Secure
Computer Recycling & Disposal is ISO14001 certi昀椀ed and has a strong
commitment to achieving the best environmental and business outcomes for
its clients. To learn more, visit computer-recycling.com.au.

About Blancco
Reduce Risk. Increase E昀케ciency. Be Sustainable. Blancco TechnologyGroup (AIM: BLTG), a carbon-neutral supplier, provides organizations withsecure, compliant, and automated solutions that accelerate the transition
to the circular economy. Each year, tens of millions of Blancco erasures
allow top-tier organizations to protect end-of-life data against unauthorizedaccess, safely redeploy data storage assets, and 昀椀rmly comply with increased
data protection and privacy requirements. Our precise device diagnostics
help move used IT assets con昀椀dently into the circular economy, enabling
enterprises, IT asset disposition (ITAD) vendors and recyclers, and mobile
industry stakeholders to operate more sustainably.
Globally approved, recommended, and certi昀椀ed by governing and industry
bodies around the world, Blancco is the industry standard in data erasure andmobile lifecycle solutions. With 35+ patented or patent-pending ideas, wecontinue to grow the number of innovative solutions global companies canrely on to accelerate operations, secure their data, and grow their businesses.
Read more about us at blancco.com.

For more information on thedata erasure challenges you canovercome with Blancco, visit us
online at blancco.com/itad.

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