09/29/2026
Ask most people what an ITAD provider handles and the answer is laptops, desktops and servers. That assumption has a consequence: the equipment that falls outside it gets routed somewhere less careful, and that equipment is often the part holding the most sensitive data.
A short list of what actually comes through CLR: laboratory instruments including analyzers and their attached workstations, medical and imaging equipment, rack servers and storage arrays, network switches and cabling, telecom infrastructure, UPS units and their batteries, solar panels and mounting hardware, and the ordinary desktops and monitors everyone expects.
The reason the scope matters is that a genomic analyzer or a patient monitor is not classified as an IT asset in most organizations, so it never enters the IT disposal workflow. It still runs an embedded operating system, still holds run histories, credentials and sometimes protected health information, and a factory reset does not address any of it. When that equipment gets handled by a general recycler or a moving company instead, the data risk goes with it.
We decommissioned a 500,000 square foot telecom headquarters that included three on-site data centers and the majority of the building's network cabling. Scope was the whole job.
If you're looking at something and wondering whether it qualifies, just shoot us a message, we're happy to help!