Independent ITAD management

Need to choose an ITAD vendor?

Make sure every asset is accounted for.

Next-day nationwide pickup, data destruction, recycling, and value recovery through certified processors. Plus independent verification of what left and what arrived.

✓   One project or an enterprise-wide program

The accountability gap

ITAD is easy when everything goes right.

The real test is what happens when something doesn’t.

01

What if an asset left your building but never appeared on the processor’s inventory?

02

What if a serial number was recorded incorrectly, so a missing asset looked accounted for?

03

What if equipment was processed before anyone noticed a discrepancy?

04

What if a laptop disappeared in transit?

Would your current process catch it?

Most organizations can’t answer that, because no one owns the outcome. IT, security, and finance each touch ITAD, but no one verifies that every asset was accounted for. That’s the accountability gap.

Why it matters

A decision you can defend

The meeting you don't want

“How do you know it all got there?”

The only evidence you have came from the company that took the equipment.

The ending you do want

The inventory reconciles.

The equipment is gone. The data is handled. Applicable value is returned. If anyone asks, you have something better than trust.

A guide who understands the assignment

This assignment usually arrives as a pickup.

The closet is full. The refresh is done. The lease is ending. Find someone. Don’t make a mess. Don’t create a problem you will have to explain.

Retire-IT helps organizations securely dispose of IT equipment—and independently verify that every asset is accounted for.

You don't have to anticipate every way an ITAD project can go wrong. We've spent more than two decades building around those failure points.

Retire-IT is a Telamon company.

“From scheduling, to pickup, to removal, the entire process was very simple and easy. Communication was great between all parties.”

Customer review · Pickup experience

“Great support service, representatives always provided a prompt response. The scheduling and pick-up process was smooth.”

Customer review · Support and scheduling

2004
Founded
19,000+
ITAD projects
1,400+
Clients served

A simple plan

We close the accountability gap.

Certified processors do the work. We manage the process. The outcome is independently verified.

DEFENSIBLE DISPOSITION™

01

Tell us what needs to go.

Share locations, quantities, and timing—one site, many sites, a single project, or an ongoing program.
02

We manage the disposition.

Certified processors handle pickup, data destruction, recycling, and value recovery while Retire-IT manages the engagement on your behalf.
03

We independently verify the result.

Because Retire-IT does not physically handle the equipment, it can independently verify the processors that do. What left is reconciled against what arrived, and gaps are investigated rather than absorbed into a processor’s report.
Defensible Disposition
Certified processors do the work, and the outcome is verified independently.

How verification works

What left? What arrived?

Most ITAD reporting starts with what the processor says it received. Independent verification starts one step earlier.

Expected-to-actual reconciliation

ILLUSTRATIVE PROJECT VIEW

01 · EXPECTED

What should transfer

Expected inventory establishes what was expected to transfer.

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Assigned

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Assigned

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Assigned

02 · ACTUAL

What arrived

The processor’s received inventory is compared asset by asset.

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Received

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Received

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03 · VERIFIED

What reconciles

Matches are documented. Exceptions are surfaced for investigation.

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Match

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Match

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Exception

Independent verification

Verification backed by a defined standard.

Retire-IT is a Veridy Authorized Verification Partner.

Veridy provides the framework for independently reconciling what was expected to transfer against what the processor reports receiving—and documenting matches, exceptions, investigations, and resolutions.

The processor reports what arrived. Retire-IT verifies whether everything expected is accounted for.

Two different jobs

Certification says they can do it right. Verification shows they did.

Certification matters. Retire-IT uses certified processors because documented systems, processes, and downstream controls matter.

Certification asks

Does the processor have qualified systems and processes?

Verification asks

Were the assets from this specific project accounted for?

Together

A defensible ITAD program uses both for different purposes—qualification before the work and independent evidence after it.

A better way to evaluate vendors

6 questions to ask before choosing an ITAD vendor

Use these with any provider you’re considering—including Retire-IT.

01

Who, other than you, verifies that every asset arrived and was processed?

02

How would a missing asset be detected, and how quickly would we be told?

03

Is our inventory reconciled asset by asset, or only summarized by count or weight?

04

If equipment is resold, how would we know we were paid for all of it?

05

Who keeps the evidence, and could we produce it for an auditor, regulator, or counsel?

06

Is the outcome independently verified, or is the provider verifying its own work?

Complete IT asset disposition

Defensible first. Optimized second.

Once accountability is established, Retire-IT can optimize the rest of the disposition program.
FOUNDATION

Independent accountability

Processor management, serialized reporting, reconciliation, exception tracking, and a complete project record.

OPERATIONS

Secure disposition

Nationwide logistics, certified data destruction, electronics recycling, and multi-site coordination.

RECOVERY

Value returned

Often, yes—for newer equipment. Remarketing and reconciliation help confirm every resold asset is reflected in settlement.

Don't just choose a vendor you trust.

Choose a process you can verify.