Keep your secrets to yourself – Safely recycle old data devices with the SEIFFI service

Photo: The SEIFFI service is a secure, affordable and easy way to recycle data devices. In the photo, Inrego Oy checks and reconditions devices that arrive at the SEIFFI service for reuse.
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Smartphones, computers and other data devices accumulate a large amount of personal and confidential information over the years. When a device is no longer in use, recycling may be delayed by concerns about what will happen to the data.

SAFE is a Finnish service for the secure recycling of data devices, combining information security, reuse, responsible material recycling and easy logistics into one comprehensive service. The service has been implemented in collaboration with SER Recycling, Elkeri, Kuusakoski, Inrego and Posti.

For example, you can send phones, tablets, laptops, memory sticks and other devices containing memory to the service. The user orders the service online, packs the device and sends the shipment through Posti for processing. The shipment can be tracked and a certificate of data destruction is sent by email.

Photo: The device produces small pieces of material that continue their journey to the separation of raw materials. During the history of the SEIFFI service, approximately 51,000 kilograms of IT equipment materials have been recycled for your information security.
Photo: The device produces small pieces of material that continue their journey to the separation of raw materials. During the history of the SEIFFI service, approximately 51,000 kilograms of IT equipment materials have been recycled for your information security.

Usable device for a new user

If the device is suitable for reuse, its data is securely erased. Inrego tests and reconditions the device and finds a new user for it. According to SEIFFI, 95 percent of devices received for reuse can be reconditioned back into use.

Reuse extends the life cycle of already manufactured equipment. SEIFFI says its customers have already achieved CO₂e savings of 70,000 kilograms by reusing IT equipment.

Photo: In the security room of Kuusakoski Oy's Lahti factory, the device is placed in a crusher after removing the battery.
Photo: In the security room of Kuusakoski Oy's Lahti factory, the device is placed in a crusher after removing the battery.

Materials back into circulation

If the device cannot be reused, it is sent for material recycling. After data security processing, the metals, plastics and other materials contained in the devices are separated into industrial raw materials. For example, according to SEIFFI, more than 99 percent of the materials in a laptop can be recycled.

Secure recycling thus combines two goals: the data contained in the device does not end up in the wrong hands, and the usable device or its materials are returned to circulation. SEIFFI aims to make this as easy as possible for both consumers and businesses.

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